Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease characterized by non-scaring hair loss. The onset in over 50-year-old patients is rare and has barely been studied. Cases of this disease have been retrospectively analyzed – according to clinical forms, extension, and associated diseases – to assess alopecia areata characteristics in a group of patients whose disease onset was after the age of 50. 30 patients were studied; a few of them presented with autoimmune-related diseases or family history. The disease onset after the age of 50 seems to have different characteristics from those found in young people.
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Lazzarini, R., Oliari, C. B., & Erthal, A. L. N. (2016). Late-onset alopecia areata: Descriptive analysis of 30 cases. Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 91(6), 844–845. https://doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20165184
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