About the Authors

Aditya K. Gupta

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

aditya.gupta@utoronto.ca

Affiliations Mediprobe Research Inc., London, Ontario, Canada, Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Vasiliki Economopoulos

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mediprobe Research Inc., London, Ontario, Canada

Paradi Mirmirani

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Dermatology, The Permanente Medical Group, Vallejo, California, United States of America, Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Dermatology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Renata Magalhaes

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

“AKG, VE and RM have no competing interests to declare. PM reports research grants for conducting clinical trials from Amgen, Sun Pharmaceuticals, Eli Lilly, Incyte, and Pfizer; has served on the board of directors and medical advisory board for the American Hair Research Society, National Alopecia Areata Foundation, and Scarring Alopecia Foundation; and is a consultant for NeoGenesis. Commercial interests held by PM do not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.”