title: [Acquired effluvium of head hair: common conditions in women].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Dermatologie und Allergologie am Biederstein, Technische Unversität München. moehrenschlager@lrz.tum.de
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Möhrenschlager
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ring
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Köhn
mesh_terms: 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