A large familial cluster and sporadic cases of frontal fibrosing alopecia in Brazil reinforce known human leucocyte antigen (HLA) associations and indicate new HLA susceptibility haplotypes.
Paulo Muller RamosLuiz Eduardo Fabrício de Melo GarbersNayane Dos Santos Brito SilvaCamila Ferreira Bannwart CastroHeloisa de Souza AndradeAndreia da Silva SouzaErick da Cruz CastelliHélio Amarante MiotPublished in: Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV (2020)
The identification of susceptibility haplotypes in FFA reinforces the genetic predisposition to the disease.