TLDR People with severe hair loss have higher levels of a protein called interleukin 17 in their blood.
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October 2021 in “QJM: An International Journal of Medicine” People with severe hair loss have higher levels of a protein called interleukin 17 in their blood.
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January 2020 in “International Journal of Trichology” Too much epidermal growth factor can cause hair loss.
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December 2018 in “Journal of autoimmunity” Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease causing patchy hair loss, often with other autoimmune disorders, but its exact causes are unknown.