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Alopecia

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

• Hair loss
• Balding
• Temporary hair loss
• Patchy hair loss
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Alopecia?

• Misdiagnosis of Alopecia
• Failure to diagnose Alopecia
• Hidden causes of Alopecia (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Alopecia

Alopecia: Related Patient Stories

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Alopecia: Deaths

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Types of Alopecia

• Alopecia Areata - an autoimmune type of alopecia
• Alopecia Totalis
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Alopecia: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Alopecia:

• Temporary hair loss
• Permanent hair loss
• Permanent baldness
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Causes of Alopecia

• Severe illness
• Severe emotional stress
• Certain hormonal disorders
• Menopause
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More information about causes of Alopecia:

• Medications, drugs, or substances causing Alopecia (28 listings)
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Disease Topics Related To Alopecia

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Alopecia:

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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 per 100...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....read more »

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Alopecia: Animations

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Research about Alopecia

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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
• Death and Mortality statistics for Alopecia
• Society statistics for Alopecia

Alopecia: Broader Related Topics

• Hair conditions
• Head conditions
• Men's health conditions
• more types...»

Types of Alopecia

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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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