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Alopecia Areata
Alopecia Areata: Introduction
Alopecia areata is a hair disorder typified by patching hair loss or patchy bald areas. It may be autoimmune, but seems to have many possible triggers or risk factors including stress. Alopecia areata may often resolve itself, with hair regrowth occuring in the bald regions. Less commonly, it may either worsen, or progress to alopecia totalis.
Symptoms of Alopecia Areata
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Alopecia Areata: Complications
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Medical Textbooks Online about Alopecia Areata
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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Causes of Alopecia Areata
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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Alopecia Areata
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Clinical Trials for Alopecia Areata
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 Areata 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
- Phase II Randomized Bilateral Comparison of Topical Targretin Gel 1% in Alopecia Areata - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Targretin Gel 1%
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See full list of 9 Clinical Trials for Alopecia Areata
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Definitions of Alopecia Areata:
A microscopically inflammatory, usually reversible, patchy hair loss occurring in sharply defined areas and usually involving the beard or scalp. (Dorland, 27th ed) - (Source - Diseases Database)
Patchy baldness - (Source - WordNet 2.1)
Alopecia Areata is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Alopecia Areata, or a subtype of Alopecia Areata,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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- ALOPECIA (Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs)
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- Alopecia (A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis)
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- Alopecia (The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter)
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