"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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Alopecia" by people in this website by year, and whether "Alopecia" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Alopecia" by people in Profiles.
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Pediatric Game Changers*: Topical 2% tofacitinib for children with alopecia areata, alopecia totalis, and alopecia universalis. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2022 12; 87(6):1468.
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Traction alopecia: Neglected in women and children of color. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2023 02; 88(2):446-448.
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Naked (N) mutant mice carry a nonsense mutation in the homeobox of Hoxc13. Exp Dermatol. 2022 03; 31(3):330-340.
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Perifollicular inflammation and follicular spongiosis in androgenetic alopecia. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2022 02; 86(2):437-438.
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Monitoring Response to Platelet-Rich Plasma in Patients with Alopecia Areata with Optical Coherence Tomography: A?Case Series. J Investig Dermatol Symp Proc. 2020 11; 20(1):S50-S54.
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Better treatment outcomes for patients with alopecia. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2021 06; 84(6):1541.
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Reply to "Comment on: Pattern hair loss: Assessment of inflammation and fibrosis on histologic sections". J Am Acad Dermatol. 2022 02; 86(2):e81.
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Reply to comment on: "Pattern hair loss: Assessment of microinflammation in miniaturized and terminal hair follicles through horizontal histologic sections". J Am Acad Dermatol. 2020 08; 83(2):e147.
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Hair Transplantation in Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia and Lichen Planopilaris: A Systematic Review. Laryngoscope. 2021 01; 131(1):59-66.
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Response from the American Hair Research Society to "Sunscreen and frontal fibrosing alopecia: A review". J Am Acad Dermatol. 2020 03; 82(3):729-730.