Alopecia Areata

Alopecia Areata and Associated Diseases in Saudi Patients

“…Despite the strong evidence in the literature for a statistical association between alopecia areata and organspecific autoimmune disorders such as vitiligo, diabetes mellitus, and thyroid disease [3,13,20], our findings failed to show such an association. Disease heterogeneity in terms of quantitative and qualitative differences (e.g., variance in degree of disease activity and disease extent [17] or the existence of different subsets of disease as proposed by Rook [1]) is one possible explanation for these inconsistencies [23].…”

A case series of alopecia areata in children: impact of personal and family history of stress and autoimmunity

“…No association was observed between atopy and age at onset or severity of AA. This finding is in agreement with some earlier studies 6,8 and at variance with others 14,15 …”

“…This finding is in agreement with some earlier studies 6,8 and at variance with others. 14,15 Consistent with other reports, 3,6,10 a significantly high prevalence of familial autoimmune diseases was observed in the children with AA compared to the controls. A positive family history of AA has ranged between 8.4 and 18% of children with AA.…”

Alopecia areata and autoimmunity: A clinical study

“…In HLA-alopecia areata association, ethnic differences may play a role 4. Family history of alopecia areata was present in 15.5% of our patients, which is in agreement with the study done by Muller and Winkelmann,3 where they found 18% cases with family history of alopecia areata. Similarly, the family history of alopecia areata was positive in 10.4% of patients studied by Sharma et al ,9 however, in another Indian study, the family history of alopecia areata was low, i.e., 1.5% 5…”