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Alopecia Areata

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Alopecia areata is a disease characterized by nonscarring alopecia, generally in circular patterns on the scalp. The disease appears to be caused by autoimmune attack on hair follicles mediated by T cells. Here, we present two cases of alopecia areata, one that responded quite well to treatment and another that was quite refractory.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA

    Luciano J. Iorizzo III

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  1. Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 812 Pollard Rd., Los Gatos, 95032, California, USA

    Massoud Mahmoudi

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Iorizzo, L.J., Mercurio, M.G. (2010). Alopecia Areata. In: Mahmoudi, M. (eds) Challenging Cases in Allergic and Immunologic Diseases of the Skin. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-296-4_20

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