People with autoimmune skin diseases had significantly better cancer survival outcomes than others. Survival benefits were ...

Patients with alopecia areata have a significantly increased risk of developing psychiatric and autoimmune diseases both before and after diagnosis, highlighting the importance of comprehensive ...

Overall, patients with alopecia areata had a significantly higher risk of developing a psychiatric comorbidity compared with controls (adjusted HR 1.3, 95% CI 1.3-1.4), as well as an autoimmune ...

Alopecia areata patients also often have other autoimmune disorders. About three in 10 people with alopecia areata have autoimmune thyroid disease, and the same ratio stands with rates of eczema ...

Alopecia areata patients also often have other autoimmune disorders. About three in 10 people with alopecia areata have autoimmune thyroid disease, and the same ratio stands with rates of eczema ...

According to the National Alopecia Areata Foundation, about 6.8 million people in the U.S. and 147 million people worldwide have, or will develop, alopecia during their lifetime.

In matched cohorts, patients with AA also showed a higher incidence of any new-onset psychiatric diseases (10.2% vs 6.8%; P < .001) or immune-mediated or autoimmune disease (6.2% vs 1.5%; P <.001 ...

Children with alopecia areata (AA) are more likely to have certain autoimmune and metabolic disorders than the general pediatric population, according to results of a cross-sectional study ...

This review of systems targets the most common secondary autoimmune diseases that we see with alopecia areata, which include thyroid disease, type 1 diabetes, and pernicious anemia.

Living with a medical mystery: Why are autoimmune disorders so puzzling? ... diagnosed alopecia areata. Her hair grew back, but then, when she was about 22, it fell out again.

As many as 6.8 million people in the United States are affected by alopecia areata, ... Local non-profits are also here to help those who suffer from the autoimmune disease.

After matching for sex, age, and geographic region, the overall incidence of any psychiatric disease was 10.2% for patients with alopecia areata and 6.8% for the control group within the first ...