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Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia GWAS Implicates Risk Loci with Links to Immune System

Mar 08, 2019
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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – New research in European women suggests that susceptibility to frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA), a scarring, inflammatory hair loss condition that primarily affects women, likely involves innate and adaptive immune factors. 

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