Patients with severe cutaneous adverse drug reactions have extremely high hair cortisol concentrations that do not correlate with the presence of depression

Affiliations

• ¹ Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
• ² Hair and Skin Research Laboratory, Groote Schuur Hospital, Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
• ³ Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
• ⁴ The Modelling and Simulation Hub, Africa, Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
• ⁵ Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Global Health Department, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.