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
Medical Books Excerpts
- ALOPECIA
- "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
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- Alopecia
- "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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- Alopecia
- "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis" (1999)
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- Alopecia
- "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)
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- Vitiligo
- "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)
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- Alopecia
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Alopecia
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
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Misdiagnosis and Alopecia Areata
Psoriasis often undiagnosed cause of skin symptoms in children: Children who suffer
from the skin disorder called psoriasis can often go undiagnosed.
The main problem is that psoriasis is rare in children, and not often...read more »
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 diagnoses of...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...read more »
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Causes of Alopecia Areata
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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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