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Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist allele 2 and familial alopecia areata.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Feb 2002
Barahmani Nazila, Barahamani Nazila, de Andrade Mariza, Slusser Joshua, Zhang Qing, Duvic Madeleine
Abstract excerpt
Alopecia areata affects 1%-2% of the population and is hypothesized to be an autoimmune, organ specific T-cell mediated reaction directed against the human hair follicle. It is characterized by loss of hair in patches (alopecia areata) with progression in some individuals to total loss of scalp hair (alopecia totalis) or to loss of all scalp and body hair (alopecia universalis). The interleukin-1 receptor...
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