Organ Specificity in Autoimmune Diseases: Thyroid and Islet Autoimmunity in Alopecia Areata

    March 2015 in “ The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ”
    Shinsuke Noso, Choongyong Park, Naru Babaya … Hiroshi Ikegami
    Studysummary In this study, alopecia areata was associated with thyroid autoimmunity but not islet autoimmunity, correlating with specific class II HLA haplotypes linked to various autoimmune diseases.
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