Other factors can cause baldness, including a serious iron deficiency, or a disease called alopecia areata, in which one's immune system actually attacks hair follicles.
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In 2004 Francesco Lacarrubba and coworkers first described videodermoscopic features of alopecia areata ( micro-exclamation hairs, yellow hyperkeratotic hair follicle openings, and black cadaverized hairs.
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Pitting also may be caused by a variety of systemic diseases, including reactive arthritis and other connective tissue disorders, sarcoidosis, pemphigus, alopecia areata, and incontinentia pigmenti.
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In cases with a greater number of patches, hair can either grow back or progress to alopecia areata totalis or, in rare cases, alopecia areata universalis.
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In cases with a greater number of patches, hair can either grow back or progress to alopecia areata totalis or, in rare cases, alopecia areata universalis.
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Alopecia areata is thought to be a systemic autoimmune disorder in which the body attacks its own anagen hair follicles and suppresses or stops hair growth.
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Cox said many of the applicants to Locks of Love suffer from an auto-immune condition called alopecia areata, for which there is no known cause or cure.
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The main fields of interest and work of M . Nikoli are vasculitides, connective tissue diseases ( especially lupus erythematosus ), autoimmune bullous diseases and alopecia areata.
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Dr . Christiano said that when she looked up scientific papers on alopecia areata, she was shocked to find that little was known about its underlying causes.
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Doctors diagnosed alopecia areata, a condition that affects 2.5 million people in the United States and is thought to be related to stress and a disorder of the immune system.
