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Alopecia areata in families: association with the HLA locus.
The journal of investigative dermatology. Symposium proceedings - 1 Dec 1999
de Andrade M, Jackow C M, Dahm N, Hordinsky M, Reveille J D, Duvic M
Abstract excerpt
Alopecia areata (AA) is a T cell mediated disease directed against hair follicles that results in bald patches. It can range in severity from patchy (AA), to total scalp hair loss (alopecia totalis; AT) or body hair loss (alopecia universalis; AU). We have previously shown that HLA-DR4 and DR11 as well as HLA-DQ*03 alleles are increased in unrelated AA patients compared with controls. To study whether class II...
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