Letter to the Editor

Journal of Investigative Dermatology (2008) 128, 240–243; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700973; published online 19 July 2007

Human Leukocyte Antigen Class II Alleles Are Associated with Risk of Alopecia Areata

Nazila Barahmani1, Mariza de Andrade2, Joshua P Slusser2, Qingyi Wei4, Maria Hordinsky5, Vera H Price5, Angela Christiano5, David Norris5, John Reveille3 and Madeleine Duvic1,5

  1. 1Department of Dermatology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
  2. 2Division of Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
  3. 3Department of Rheumatology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
  4. 4Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
  5. 5National Alopecia Areata Registry, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA

Correspondence: Nazila Barahmani, E-mail: nbarahma@mail.mdanderson.org

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