Alopecia Areata
@inproceedings{Beigi2018AlopeciaA, title={Alopecia Areata}, author={MD Pooya Khan Mohammad Beigi}, booktitle={Springer International Publishing}, year={2018} }
Etiopathogenesis The exact etiopathogenesis of AA is not known. However the hypothesis that is most widely believed is that it is a T-cell mediated autoimmune condition that usually occurs in genetically predisposed people (3). Factors that favor autoimmunity include the finding of autoantibodies, valuable effect of T-cell subtype depletion on hair, and the ability to induce remission by grafting involved areas onto immunoincompetent animals. Factors that support a genetic basis include a… CONTINUE READING
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