Diseases

Alopecia Areata

Loss of scalp and body hair involving microscopically inflammatory patchy areas.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Loss of scalp and body hair involving microscopically inflammatory patchy areas.

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  • Alopecia Circumscripta

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Alopecia Areata. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000506. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000506
  2. Alopecia Areata. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alopecia_areata
  3. Alopecia Areata. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5075435