Alopecia areata: immunofluorescence and other studies
- 1 October 1978
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Dermatology
- Vol. 99 (4), 383-386
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2133.1978.tb06174.x
Abstract
In a study of 24 patients with alopecia areata, scalp biopsies were examined for immunofluorescence; all were negative. A number of other tests also failed to confirm an auto-immune aetiology for this disease. A possible explanation lies in the heterogeneity of alopecia areata, only a small proportion of cases being of the auto-immune type.Keywords
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