[Acquired effluvium of head hair: common conditions in women].
Acquired disorders of hair growth in women may present clinically either as effluvium or alopecia. The relevant pathologies include androgenetic alopecia, postpartum effluvium, tinea capitis, trichotillomania and alopecia areata.
Möhrenschlager
M
M
Klinik und Poliklinik für Dermatologie und Allergologie am Biederstein, Technische Unversität München. moehrenschlager@lrz.tum.de
Ring
J
J
Köhn
F M
FM
D000505:Alopecia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D000506:Alopecia Areata / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair / Q000254:growth & development; D006801:Humans; D007039:Hypotrichosis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D049590:Postpartum Period; D012737:Sex Factors; D014006:Tinea Capitis / Q000150:complications