Alopecia Areata. Current situation and perspectives

Alopecia Areata. Current situation and perspectives

Alopecia areata (AA) is a dermatological disease characterized by non-scarring hair loss of the scalp and/or body, with an unpredictable and variable evolution in the patients in which, despite multidisciplinary efforts, its etiology is not entirely known, although some evidence suggests that enviro...

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Published in:Archivos argentinos de pediatría Vol. 115; no. 6; pp. e404 - e411
Main Authors: Juárez-Rendón, Karina J, Rivera Sánchez, Gildardo, Reyes-López, Miguel Á, García-Ortiz, José E, Bocanegra-García, Virgilio, Guardiola-Avila, Iliana, Altamirano-García, María L
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Argentina 01-12-2017
Subjects:
Adolescent
Alopecia Areata - diagnosis
Alopecia Areata - epidemiology
Alopecia Areata - etiology
Alopecia Areata - therapy
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Male
Prognosis
Alopecia Areata
genes
susceptibility
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Summary:Alopecia areata (AA) is a dermatological disease characterized by non-scarring hair loss of the scalp and/or body, with an unpredictable and variable evolution in the patients in which, despite multidisciplinary efforts, its etiology is not entirely known, although some evidence suggests that environmental, immunological and genetic factors could be generating the disease. The aim of this review is to provide an updated panorama of the clinical characteristics, diagnosis and treatment of AA, to analyze the mechanisms that could participate in its etiology, as well as to review some of the most important genetic variants that could confer susceptibility to the development of this disease.
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ISSN:0325-0075
1668-3501
DOI:10.5546/aap.2017.eng.e404