Concomitant Presentation of Alopecia Areata in Siblings: A Rare Occurrence

Alopecia areata (AA) is one among the many causes of non-scarring alopecia in children. Family history has been noted in 10-20% of cases, but concomitant presentation in siblings is extremely rare. The patterns and associations of childhood AA are similar to adults; however, there are some differenc...

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Autores principales: Menon, Roshni, Kiran, CM
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3500079/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23180915
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7753.96911
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description Alopecia areata (AA) is one among the many causes of non-scarring alopecia in children. Family history has been noted in 10-20% of cases, but concomitant presentation in siblings is extremely rare. The patterns and associations of childhood AA are similar to adults; however, there are some differences which are being highlighted in this article.
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spelling pubmed-35000792012-11-23 Concomitant Presentation of Alopecia Areata in Siblings: A Rare Occurrence Menon, Roshni Kiran, CM Int J Trichology Case Report Alopecia areata (AA) is one among the many causes of non-scarring alopecia in children. Family history has been noted in 10-20% of cases, but concomitant presentation in siblings is extremely rare. The patterns and associations of childhood AA are similar to adults; however, there are some differences which are being highlighted in this article. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3500079/ /pubmed/23180915 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7753.96911 Text en Copyright: © International Journal of Trichology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Concomitant Presentation of Alopecia Areata in Siblings: A Rare Occurrence
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title_full Concomitant Presentation of Alopecia Areata in Siblings: A Rare Occurrence
title_fullStr Concomitant Presentation of Alopecia Areata in Siblings: A Rare Occurrence
title_full_unstemmed Concomitant Presentation of Alopecia Areata in Siblings: A Rare Occurrence
title_short Concomitant Presentation of Alopecia Areata in Siblings: A Rare Occurrence
title_sort concomitant presentation of alopecia areata in siblings: a rare occurrence
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3500079/
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