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Alopecia Totalis

Alopecia Totalis: Introduction

Alopecia Totalis: An autoimmune disorder where there is a total loss of all head hair i.e. complete baldness. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Alopecia Totalis is available below.

Symptoms of Alopecia Totalis

• Total loss of scalp hair
• Baldness
• more symptoms...»

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Alopecia Totalis?

• Misdiagnosis of Alopecia Totalis

Alopecia Totalis: Related Patient Stories

• Sore Scalp/hair follicles
• severe burning scalp hair loss
• Sore red scalp with hair loss
• scalp and hair disorder nightmare please help!
• Painfull scalp - hair loose at folicles
• scalp pain hair loss
• Red scalp and hair loss [Pic]
• Scalp irritation and hair loss
• itchy scalp and hair loss
• Hair Loss; Sore Scalp; Headaches
• have hair loss,oily hair and d scalp is seen
• hair and scalp issues

Causes of Alopecia Totalis

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Disease Topics Related To Alopecia Totalis

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

• Alopecia universalis
• Drug induced Lupus (SLE)
• Lupus erythematosis
• Systemic
• Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD)/Undifferentiated
• Hypoadrenocort-Hypoparathyroid-Candida
• more related diseases...»

Misdiagnosis and Alopecia Totalis

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...read more »

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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Alopecia Totalis

Medical research articles related to Alopecia Totalis include:

• Interventions for alopecia areata
• Alopecia
• Bruton Agammaglobulinemia (Overview)
• Alopecia and Hair Loss
• Common Variable Immunodeficiency (Overview)
• Hypogammaglobulinemia (Follow-up)
• Alopecia Areata (Diagnosis)
• Common Variable Immunodeficiency (Treatment)
• more research...»

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Statistics for Alopecia Totalis

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Alopecia Totalis: Broader Related Topics

• Alopecia
• Hair conditions
• Head conditions
• Immune system conditions
• Autoimmune conditions
• more types...»

Types of Alopecia Totalis

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Definitions of Alopecia Totalis:

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Alopecia Totalis as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet

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