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    Genome-Wide Association Study in Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia Identifies Four Susceptibility Loci Including HLA-B*07:02

    March 2019 in “ Nature Communications ”
    Christos Tziotzios, Christos Petridis, Nick Dand … John A. McGrath
    Studysummary This study identified significant genetic associations with frontal fibrosing alopecia at four genomic loci, suggesting it is a genetically predisposed immuno-inflammatory disorder influenced by the HLA-B*07: 02 allele.
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