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Hallmark Symptoms Seen With Alopecia Areata

Key Takeaways

  • Alopecia areata is a chronic autoimmune disorder causing non-scarring hair loss due to immune system attacks on hair follicles.
  • Breakdown of immune privilege in hair follicles leads to infiltration by cytotoxic T cells, particularly CD8+ T cells.
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Panelists discuss how alopecia areata (AA) presents with hallmark symptoms such as sudden hair loss, and how the condition fluctuates over time, making it a relapsing or remitting inflammatory disease.

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  1. McMichael: What are the hallmark symptoms of AA, and how can it fluctuate with time making this a relapsing or remitting inflammatory disease?

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