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In this study, we tried to investigate the relationship between AA and iron, zinc, and copper levels of serum and hair.<jats:italic>Materials and Methods<\/jats:italic>. Sixteen female patients with AA (14\u201340 years old) and 27 healthy female controls were enrolled in this study. Serum and hair level of iron, zinc, and copper were measured by flame emission spectroscopy. The resulting data was analyzed with SPSS15.<jats:italic>Results<\/jats:italic>. We did not detect a significant difference in the serum and hair level of iron, zinc, and copper between patients and controls. There was a significant correlation between serum and hair level of iron (<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M1\"><mml:mi>r<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>0.504<\/mml:mn><\/mml:math>,\u2009\u2009<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M2\"><mml:mi>P<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>0.001<\/mml:mn><\/mml:math>), zinc (<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M3\"><mml:mi>r<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>0.684<\/mml:mn><\/mml:math>,\u2009\u2009<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M4\"><mml:mi>P<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>0.0001<\/mml:mn><\/mml:math>), and copper (<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M5\"><mml:mi>r<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>0.759<\/mml:mn><\/mml:math>,<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M6\"><mml:mi>P<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>0.0001<\/mml:mn><\/mml:math>) in patients and controls.<jats:italic>Discussion and Conclusion<\/jats:italic>. According to this study, there was no statistically significant difference between trace elements among AA patients and controls. So the trace elements level in hair and serum may not be relevant to the immunologic dysfunction that exists in AA patients.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1155\/2014\/784863","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,8,27]],"date-time":"2014-08-27T21:03:54Z","timestamp":1409173434000},"page":"1-5","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":30,"title":["Comparison of Zn, Cu, and Fe Content in Hair and Serum in Alopecia Areata Patients with Normal Group"],"prefix":"10.1155","volume":"2014","author":[{"given":"Ladan","family":"Dastgheib","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Molecular Dermatology Research Center, Dermatology Department, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zohreh","family":"Mostafavi-pour","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Maternal-Fetal Medicine Research Center, Hafez Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, 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