Directly from China: Potential Genetic Link ID'd Between Thyroid Disease, Alopecia Areata
There seems to be a significant association between hypothyroidism, Hashimoto thyroiditis, subacute thyroiditis, and alopecia areata (AA), according to a study published in the October issue of Skin Research & Technology.
Yue Zhao, from Heping Hospital Affiliated to Changzhi Medical College in China, and colleagues examined the potential causal relationship between AA and thyroid disease in a two-sample Mendelian randomization study. Hypothyroidism, Hashimoto thyroiditis, hyperthyroidism, subacute thyroiditis, and Graves disease were selected as exposure factors and AA was the outcome variable; data were obtained from genome-wide association studies.
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