October 2008
Pigment Cells Trigger Alopecia Areata, Researchers Discovere
Researchers of the Haifa’ Institute of Technology, Israel, have made a new discovery shedding light on some of the cellular triggers of alopecia areata - a widely spread and still mysterious hair loss condition.
May 2008
Channel NewsAsia :: View topic - Hair Loss - Alopecia Areata
yes i watched the arts central documentary, chanced upon it when i was switching channels. it s abt Gail Porter who s a Edinbourgh TV presenter who had alopecia totalis or universe, completely bald and no eyebrow within 4 wks and and eyelashes just grew back after 6mths. she s a confused individual. had a lot of prior health problems. quite a hard life...but she seems to be able to deal with it quite well, she still go abt doing her work and looking after her daughter....i guess you can click on youtube and see if there s a video there
September 2007
Alopecia Areata
Alopecia areata is a rare autoimmune disease that affects about 1 per cent of the population in the United States. Alopecia areata can come in various forms, for example, as an oval or round patch of a bald area on the scalp (alopecia monolocularis), or as multiple patches of non-scarring alopecia, which are usually asymptomatic (alopecia multilocularis).
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