S3 Guideline Diagnosis And Treatment Of Alopecia Areata – Part 1: Diagnosis And Epidemiology

    July 2026 in “ JDDG Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft ”
    Ulrike Blume‐Peytavi, Andria Constantinou, Tsenka Tomova‐Simitchieva … Doris Wilborn
    Studysummary This study developed a guideline for diagnosing and treating alopecia areata, revealing that 0.21% of the German population had the condition in 2020, with approximately 70,000 new cases diagnosed that year.
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