Alopecia areata is a medical disease

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California.
² Departments of Dermatology and Genetics and Development, Columbia University, New York, New York.
³ Department of Dermatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
⁴ Department of Dermatology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
⁵ National Alopecia Areata Foundation, San Rafael, California.
⁶ Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
⁷ Department of Dermatology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts.
⁸ Department of Dermatology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
⁹ Department of Dermatology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
¹⁰ Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
¹¹ Department of Dermatology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado.
¹² The Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York.
¹³ Department of Dermatology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California; National Alopecia Areata Foundation, San Rafael, California. Electronic address: natasha@naaf.org.

Editorial

Dorota Z Korta et al. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2018 Apr.

. 2018 Apr;78(4):832-834.

doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2017.09.011.

¹ Department of Dermatology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California.
² Departments of Dermatology and Genetics and Development, Columbia University, New York, New York.
³ Department of Dermatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
⁴ Department of Dermatology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
⁵ National Alopecia Areata Foundation, San Rafael, California.
⁶ Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
⁷ Department of Dermatology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts.
⁸ Department of Dermatology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
⁹ Department of Dermatology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
¹⁰ Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
¹¹ Department of Dermatology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado.
¹² The Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York.
¹³ Department of Dermatology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California; National Alopecia Areata Foundation, San Rafael, California. Electronic address: natasha@naaf.org.

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Keywords: alopecia areata; autoimmune; burden; insurance; patient outcomes; quality of life; reimbursement.

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