Concordance rate of alopecia areata in identical twins supports both genetic and environmental factors

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Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Volume 62, n° 3
pages 525-527 (mars 2010)

Doi : 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.02.006

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Concordance rate of alopecia areata in identical twins supports both genetic and environmental factors

Thomas A. Rodriguez, BA ^a, Kerri E. Fernandes ^a, Kelly L. Dresser, BA ^a, Madeleine Duvic, MD ^a,^b,^⁎
National Alopecia Areata Registry^b
^a Division of Dermatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
^b National Alopecia Areata Registry (principal investigators: Madeleine Duvic, MD; Angela Christiano, PhD, Columbia University; Maria Hordinsky, MD, University of Minnesota; David Norris, MD, University of Colorado; and Vera Price, MD, University of California)

Reprint requests: Madeleine Duvic, MD, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd–1452, Houston, TX 77030-4009

	The National Alopecia Areata Registry (NAAR) is funded a National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) grant (N01-AR-62279).
	Conflicts of interest: None declared.

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