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Epidemiologic and genetic characteristics of alopecia areata (part 2).
Acta dermatovenerologica Alpina, Pannonica, et Adriatica - 1 Jan 2012
Alzolibani Abdullateef A, Zari Shadi, Ahmed Ahmed A
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Alopecia areata (AA) is hypothesized to be an organ-specific autoimmune disease mediated by T cells to the hair follicles. Despite the fact that most cases of AA are sporadic, there is an accumulation of evidence that AA is a complex multigenetic trait with components of inherited predisposition. In the last decade, rapid progress in molecular genetics and biotechnology has led to the identification of many...
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