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Alopecia: Introduction
Alopecia: Various types of hair loss or balding. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Alopecia is available below.
Symptoms of Alopecia
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Alopecia: Complications
Review possible medical complications related to Alopecia:
- Temporary hair loss
- Permanent hair loss
- Permanent baldness
- more complications...»
Medical Textbooks Online about Alopecia
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Alopecia?
- Misdiagnosis of Alopecia
- Failure to diagnose Alopecia
- Hidden causes of Alopecia (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
- Undiagnosed: Alopecia
Misdiagnosis and Alopecia
Rare form of hair loss often misdiagnosed: a rare form of extreme hair loss called "Atrichia with papular lesions" (APL) is often misdiagnosed as alopecia totalis. Researchers estimate that about 1...read more »
Hair and scalp disorders misdiagnosed in African Americans: A higher than average percentage of misdiagnoses of hair or scalp disorders seem to occur in African Americans. Some of the overlooked hair/scalp conditions include cicatrial...read more »
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Causes of Alopecia
- Severe illness
- Severe emotional stress
- Certain hormonal disorders
- Menopause
- more causes...»
Read more about causes of Alopecia
More information about causes of Alopecia:
- Medications, drugs, or substances causing Alopecia (28 listings)
- Underlying causes of Alopecia
- Alopecia as a symptom
- Medical news summaries relating to Causes of Alopecia
News Archives for Alopecia
Medical news articles related to Alopecia include:
- Study Evaluates Laser Therapies for Hair Removal
- New Genetic Links to Baldness Discovered
- Science May Banish Bad Hair Days
- Countdown to Hair Loss
- Hair Tells Tale of Where You've Been
- more health news...»
Source: HealthDay News
Videos for Alopecia
Medicine and Female Hair Loss
We've all seen those commercials for the "Hair Club for Men," prescription medications for male hair loss, and even men's spray-on hair. But...
Herbal Supplement in Hair Loss
If you're trying to put an end to your hair loss, you've probably encountered an endless array of products that claim to stop or even reverse...
Genetics of Hair Loss
The genetic causes of male pattern baldness and other common diseases of genetic hair loss are more complex than most people think. Researchers are...
Genetics and Hair Loss
You've probably heard people say that hair loss is passed down to men through their mother's side, or to women from their father's side,...
Patient Surveys for Alopecia
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Reseach about Alopecia
Visit our research pages for current research about Alopecia treatments.
Clinical Trials for Alopecia
The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.
Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Alopecia include:
- Alopecia Areata Registry - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
- Alefacept in Patients With Severe Scalp Alopecia Areata - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Alefacept
- Efficacy Study of Latanoprost and Bimatoprost Solutions in Promoting Eyelash Growth in Patients With Alopecia Areata - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Latanoprost (Xalatan),Bimatoprost (Lumigan)
- Plaquenil for Alopecia Areata, Alopecia Totalis - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Hydroxychloroquine
- Ultraviolet (UVA and UVB) Light Therapy in the Treatment of Inflammatory Skin Conditions - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
- more trials...»
See full list of 15 Clinical Trials for Alopecia
Statistics for Alopecia
- Medical statistics for Alopecia
- Prevalence and incidence statistics for Alopecia
- Death and Mortality statistics for Alopecia
- Society statistics for Alopecia
Alopecia: Broader Related Topics
Types of Alopecia
- Alopecia Areata - an autoimmune type of alopecia
- Alopecia Totalis
- more types...»
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Stories from Users Related to Alopecia
- Hair loss due to medication
- Hair loss from roots
- hair loss caused by something in house
- My 7 yr old has Alopecia - Please Help!
- Painful ingrown hairs
- non-stop ingrown hairs and systs
- Ingrown hair on groin?
- I was 16 and balding
- ingrowing hair or an std?!
- Hair-related, but more complicated...
- lossing hair
- Hair loss
- Baldness
- Hair loss and other symptoms
- conflicting diagnoses of alopecias TE and AGA
- CHANTIX causes severe hair loss
- weight loss and hair loss
- Hair Loss... at 19 !! maybe due to bad habits
- Is this an ingrown hair?
- Oily Hair Patch
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Definitions of Alopecia:
Baldness; absence of hair from skin areas where it is normally present. - (Source - Diseases Database)
Loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers; in humans it can result from heredity or hormonal imbalance or certain diseases or drugs and treatments (chemotherapy for cancer) - (Source - WordNet 2.1)
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- Diagnosis of Alopecia
- Signs of Alopecia
- Complications of Alopecia
- Misdiagnosis of Alopecia
- Undiagnosed Alopecia
- Misdiagnosis of Underlying Causes of Alopecia
- Misdiagnosis of Medication Causes of Alopecia
- Treatments for Alopecia
- Alternative Treatments for Alopecia
- Doctors and Medical Specialists for Alopecia
- Cure Research for Alopecia
- Statistics about Alopecia
- Medical News Summaries About Alopecia
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- Images relating to Alopecia
- External links relating to Alopecia
- ALOPECIA (Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs)
- Alopecia (In a Page: Signs and Symptoms)
- Alopecia (In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms)
- BALDNESS (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- Alopecia (A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis)
- Alopecia (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Alopecia [Hair loss] (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Alopecia (The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter)
- Alopecia/Hirsutism (Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis)
- Alopecia (Handbook of Diseases)
- Alopecia (Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)
- Hair Loss (The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics)
- BALDNESS (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- Alopecia (Hair Loss) (The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)
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