"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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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Alopecia" by people in Profiles.
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Development of drug-induced psoriasiform alopecia in a pediatric patient on ustekinumab. J Cutan Pathol. 2021 12; 48(12):1523-1525.
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Syphilis: A Contemporary Clinicopathologic Assessment. Am J Surg Pathol. 2020 09; 44(9):1274-1281.
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NFI transcription factors provide chromatin access to maintain stem cell identity while preventing unintended lineage fate choices. Nat Cell Biol. 2020 06; 22(6):640-650.
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An unusual spiculated presentation of follicular porokeratosis. Dermatol Online J. 2019 Jul 15; 25(7).
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Blockade of Androgen Markers Using a Novel Betasitosterol, Thioctic Acid and Carnitine-containing Compound in Prostate and Hair Follicle Cell-based Assays. Phytother Res. 2016 Jun; 30(6):1016-20.
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CASE RECORDS of the MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL. Case 33-2015. A 57-Year-Old Woman with Hair Loss and Deepening Voice. N Engl J Med. 2015 Oct 22; 373(17):1660-6.
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Loss of Mpzl3 function causes various skin abnormalities and greatly reduced adipose depots. J Invest Dermatol. 2014 Jul; 134(7):1817-1827.
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Processing dermatological biopsies. Methods Mol Biol. 2014; 1180:221-36.
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Four new patients with Gomez-Lopez-Hernandez syndrome and proposed diagnostic criteria. Am J Med Genet A. 2013 Feb; 161A(2):320-6.
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A genome-wide association study of chemotherapy-induced alopecia in breast cancer patients. Breast Cancer Res. 2013; 15(5):R81.