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MeSH Heading: Alopecia
Tree Number(s): C17.800.329.937.122; C23.300.035
Unique ID: D000505
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000505
Scope Note: Absence of hair from areas where it is normally present.
Entry Term(s): Alopecia Cicatrisata; Alopecia, Androgenetic; Alopecia, Male Pattern; Androgenetic Alopecia; Androgenic Alopecia; Baldness; Baldness, Male Pattern; Female Pattern Baldness; Hair Loss; Male Pattern Baldness; Pattern Baldness; Pseudopelade
NLM Classification #: WR 460
Date Introduced: 1966/01/01
Last Updated: 2016/02/26

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0000759
Terms: Androgenetic Alopecia Preferred Term
Term UI T001478
Date05/04/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Alopecia, Androgenetic
Term UI T001479
Date05/04/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1993); Pattern Baldness
Term UI T840903
Date04/18/2013
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID GHR (2014); Androgenic Alopecia
Term UI T843734
Date05/07/2013
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID GHR (2014)

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