Hair Follicle Immune Privilege Revisited: The Key to Alopecia Areata Management

    Ralf Paus, Silvia Bulfone–Paus∥, Marta Bertolini
    Studysummary This review discusses the role of immune privilege collapse in the pathogenesis of alopecia areata, emphasizing the potential for therapeutic manipulation of hair bulb immune privilege to offer new treatment options, and reports no new results.
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