The periods can vary in length in different people, but in patients with alopecia areata, all the hair in a single area enters the phases of degeneration and resting at the same time, causing hairs to fall out all at once. (discovermagazine.com)
The therapeutic effect and the changed serum zinc level after zinc supplementation in alopecia areata patients who had a low serum zinc level. (liveinthenow.com)
Because alopecia areata was believed to result from more than one altered gene, Christiano knew it would be daunting to decipher. (discovermagazine.com)