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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).