Creation of Computable Alopecia Areata Phenotype to Evaluate Epidemiology of Pediatric Alopecia Areata and Potential Health Care Disparities in care among children living with Alopecia Areata
Alopecia areata is a chronic, T-cell-mediated disease that targets hair follicles and causes patches of nonscarring hair loss. Despite being relatively common (prevalence of 1-2%), current studies on alopecia areata epidemiology are conflicting, and no large-scale epidemiologic studies have been performed in children in the United States to date. It is still unclear if prevalence […]