Genetic susceptibility and severity of alopecia areata in human and animal models.

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Alopecia areata (AA) is a non-scarring, inflammatory form of hair loss. Human and animal model observations suggest that AA is an autoimmune mediated disease. Genetic influence has been clearly demonstrated in many other autoimmune diseases and one would expect that AA is no exception. AA in rodent models involves genetic susceptibility and it is possible to cross breed the AA phenotype to unrelated rodent...

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