Serum Level of Interleukin 17 in Alopecia Areata Patients and Its Relation with the Severity of the Disease: A Case Control Study

October 2021 in “ QJM: An International Journal of Medicine ”

Nehal Mohamed Zuel-Fakkar, Samah Ibrahim, Hadeel Abdelwahed Mahmoud Assar

TLDR People with severe hair loss have higher levels of a protein called interleukin 17 in their blood.

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