Pathophysiology of Alopecia Areata in the Pediatric Patient

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ABSTRACT Alopecia areata (AA) is an autoimmune non‐scarring hair loss that arises in genetically susceptible individuals, potentially in combination with environmental triggers or inciting events, of which the exact mechanism is not yet fully understood. Genome wide association studies have demonstrated an association between AA and variants in HLA haplotypes on chromosome 6 which correlate with other autoimmune...