i believe a person is genetically predisposed but stress is what brought mine about at age 13 i believe. i have another autoimmune disoder with psoriasis and the alopecia
Comment by Tallgirl on December 15, 2012 at 9:57am
These two articles cover most of the bases on our questions:
Genetic basis of alopecia areata -- one of most common causes of ...
Jun 30, 2010 – ScienceDaily: Your source for the latest research news and science ... "Finding the initial genes underlying alopecia areata is a big step forward ...
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