 Alopecia
"Alopecia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Absence of hair from areas where it is normally present.
| Descriptor ID |
D000505
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C17.800.329.937.122 C23.300.035
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| Concept/Terms |
Alopecia- Alopecia
- Baldness
- Hair Loss
- Hair Losses
- Loss, Hair
- Losses, Hair
Androgenetic Alopecia- Androgenetic Alopecia
- Pattern Baldness
- Baldness, Pattern
- Androgenic Alopecia
- Alopecia, Androgenic
- Alopecias, Androgenic
- Androgenic Alopecias
- Alopecia, Androgenetic
Pseudopelade- Pseudopelade
- Alopecia Cicatrisata
- Alopecia Cicatrisatas
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2013 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Alopecia" by people in Profiles.
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Slater BA, Seymour S, Burt E, Kierstein J, Larson AA, Taylor MRG. Phenotypic Expansion of Autosomal Dominant SREBF1-Related Ichthyosis Follicularis, Atrichia, Photophobia: It Is in Fact the Same Condition as Hereditary Mucoepithelial Dysplasia. Clin Genet. 2026 Jun; 109(6):1049-1054.
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Maghfour J, Mineroff J, Ozog DM, Jagdeo J, Lim HW, Kohli I, Anderson R, Kelly KM, Mamalis A, Munavalli G, Cleber F, Siegel D, Geneva I, Weiss R, Morita A, Juanita A, Goldman MP, Arany PR, Sliney D, Ibrahimi OA, Chopp M, Esmat S, Tuner J. Evidence-based consensus on the clinical application of photobiomodulation. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2025 08; 93(2):429-443.
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Mounessa J, Caravaglio JV, Domozych R, Chapman S, Dellavalle RP, Dunnick CA, Norris D. Commonly prescribed medications associated with alopecia. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2023 06; 88(6):1326-1337.e2.
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Wipf A, Goldfarb N, Hordinsky MK, Rubin N, Griffith M, Benner A, Bellefeuille G, Farah RS. Skin cancer in patients treated with photobiomodulation for alopecia: a retrospective chart review. Dermatol Online J. 2023 04 15; 29(2).
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Kibbie J, Kines K, Norris D, Dunnick CA. Oral tofacitinib for the treatment of alopecia areata in pediatric patients. Pediatr Dermatol. 2022 Jan; 39(1):31-34.
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Torres-Zegarra C, Sundararajan D, Benson J, Seagle H, Witten M, Walders-Abramson N, Simon SL, Huguelet P, Nokoff NJ, Cree-Green M. Care for Adolescents With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Development and Prescribing Patterns of a Multidisciplinary Clinic. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2021 Oct; 34(5):617-625.
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Bond R, Hendricks A, Patterson-Kane J, Stevens K, Brooks Brownlie HW. Transverse sectioning in the evaluation of skin biopsy specimens from alopecic dogs. J Small Anim Pract. 2021 04; 62(4):244-252.
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Malki L, Sarig O, Romano MT, Méchin MC, Peled A, Pavlovsky M, Warshauer E, Samuelov L, Uwakwe L, Briskin V, Mohamad J, Gat A, Isakov O, Rabinowitz T, Shomron N, Adir N, Simon M, McMichael A, Dlova NC, Betz RC, Sprecher E. Variant PADI3 in Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia. N Engl J Med. 2019 02 28; 380(9):833-841.
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Rodan LH, Anyane-Yeboa K, Chong K, Klein Wassink-Ruiter JS, Wilson A, Smith L, Kothare SV, Rajabi F, Blaser S, Ni M, DeBerardinis RJ, Poduri A, Berry GT. Gain-of-function variants in the ODC1 gene cause a syndromic neurodevelopmental disorder associated with macrocephaly, alopecia, dysmorphic features, and neuroimaging abnormalities. Am J Med Genet A. 2018 12; 176(12):2554-2560.
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Wipf A, Boysen N, Hordinsky MK, Dando EE, Sadick N, Farah RS. The rise of transcutaneous drug delivery for the management of alopecia: a review of existing literature and an eye towards the future. J Cosmet Laser Ther. 2019 Aug; 21(5):247-254.
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