Impact of Psychosocial Profile on Alopecia Areata in Pediatric Patients: A Case Control Study from A Tertiary Care Hospital in Eastern Uttar Pradesh.

Studies have reported conflicting results ranging from marginally significant association to none.[ 8 9 ] The first observation on this correlation was made in the 1960s when mental stress was found to have a relation with AA.[ 10 11 ] It was almost after one and a half decade later that the attempt to correlate the two was made through few case reports.[ 12 ] Although literature has reported studies to establish an association between stress and AA, similar studies are lacking in the pediatric age group.

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