"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Alopecia" by people in Profiles.
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Cardiometabolic comorbidities associated with androgenetic alopecia: Findings from a sex-stratified, propensity-matched national cohort. Dermatol Online J. 2026 Mar 02; 32(1).
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Alopecia following single-dose postoperative intravesical gemcitabine in nonmuscle-invasive bladder cancer: A multi-institutional case series. Urol Oncol. 2026 Mar; 44(3):110984.
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Male sex hormone concentrations, puberty timing, baldness patterns, and risk of cardiovascular disease. Hormones (Athens). 2025 Sep; 24(3):701-710.
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Novel LSS variants in alopecia and intellectual disability syndrome: New case report and clinical spectrum of LSS-related rare disease traits. Clin Genet. 2023 09; 104(3):344-349.
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Comorbidities associated with lichen planopilaris: a case-control study using the All of Us database. Int J Dermatol. 2023 07; 62(7):e396-e398.
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Disruption of anthrax toxin receptor 1 in pigs leads to a rare disease phenotype and protection from senecavirus A infection. Sci Rep. 2022 03 23; 12(1):5009.
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P63 targeted deletion under the FOXN1 promoter disrupts pre-and post-natal thymus development, function and maintenance as well as induces severe hair loss. PLoS One. 2022; 17(1):e0261770.
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Molecular Genetics of Keratinization Disorders - What's New About Ichthyosis. Acta Derm Venereol. 2020 Mar 25; 100(7):adv00095.
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Safety and Efficacy of Panitumumab Plus Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients With Primary HER2-Negative Inflammatory Breast Cancer. JAMA Oncol. 2018 09 01; 4(9):1207-1213.
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Hair disorders in patients with cancer. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2019 May; 80(5):1179-1196.