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Alopecia areata is the most common cause of patchy hair loss. The disease causes significant cosmetic and psychosocial distress. There is difficult to determine etiologic factors in alopecia areata. Deficiency of micronutrients such as vitamins and minerals may represent a modifiable risk factor associated with development of the disease.
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Yenny, S.W., Octari, S., Veroci, R.L. (2022). A Difficult Case of Alopecia. In: Waśkiel-Burnat, A., Sadoughifar, R., Lotti, T.M., Rudnicka, L. (eds) Clinical Cases in Hair Disorders. Clinical Cases in Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93423-1_16
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