Alopecia

Introduction: Alopecia

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

Medical Textbooks Online about Alopecia

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Alopecia?

• Misdiagnosis of Alopecia
• Underlying causes of Alopecia (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Misdiagnosis and Alopecia

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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)
• Underlying causes of Alopecia
• Alopecia as a symptom
• Medical news summaries relating to Causes of Alopecia

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Reseach 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)

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Statistics for Alopecia

• Medical statistics for Alopecia
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Alopecia
• Death and Mortality statistics for Alopecia
• Society statistics for Alopecia

Types of Alopecia

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

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Medical Guidebooks and Ebooks for 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)