Co-existent Presence of Alopecia Areata in Siblings: A Rare Presentation

Alopecia areata (AA) is a T cell mediated autoimmune disease with multifactorial etiology resulting in partial and total nonscarring alopecia. We hereby report a case of two brothers (aged 7 and 5 years) presenting with coincidental AA over scalp which is a rare presentation.

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Autores principales: Mohanty, Sandip, Rohatgi, Pallavi C, Manchanda, Kajal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4154153/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25191040
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7753.138591
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spelling pubmed-41541532014-09-04 Co-existent Presence of Alopecia Areata in Siblings: A Rare Presentation Mohanty, Sandip Rohatgi, Pallavi C Manchanda, Kajal Int J Trichology Case Report Alopecia areata (AA) is a T cell mediated autoimmune disease with multifactorial etiology resulting in partial and total nonscarring alopecia. We hereby report a case of two brothers (aged 7 and 5 years) presenting with coincidental AA over scalp which is a rare presentation. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4154153/ /pubmed/25191040 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7753.138591 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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Co-existent Presence of Alopecia Areata in Siblings: A Rare Presentation
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title_short Co-existent Presence of Alopecia Areata in Siblings: A Rare Presentation
title_sort co-existent presence of alopecia areata in siblings: a rare presentation
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4154153/
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