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Comparison of alopecia areata in human and nonhuman mammalian species.
Pathobiology : journal of immunopathology, molecular and cellular biology - 1 Jan 1998
McElwee K J, Boggess D, Olivry T, Oliver R F, Whiting D, Tobin D J, Bystryn J C, King L E, Sundberg J P
Abstract excerpt
Alopecia areata (AA) is a nonscarring form of inflammatory hair loss in humans. AA-like hair loss has also been observed in other species. In recent years the Dundee experimental bald rat and the C3H/HeJ mouse have been put forward as models for human AA. AA in all species presents with a wide range of clinical features from focal, locally extensive, diffuse hair loss, to near universal alopecia. Histologically,...
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