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    Hearing Impairment in Patients with Alopecia Areata

    May 2023 in “ Indian Journal of Dermatology Venereology and Leprology ”
    Safoura Shakoei, Elahe Mohammadnia, Babak Saedi … Saeedeh Khamisabadi
    Studysummary This study found that patients with alopecia areata were more likely to experience hearing loss compared to healthy individuals, potentially due to damage to follicular melanocytes involved in the autoimmune process.
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    Research cited in this study 9

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