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Skin: alopecia – overview
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- Introduction
- Pathogenesis
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Prevention
- Outcomes
- Further Reading
Introduction
- Loss of hair from areas of the body in which a normal hair coat is expected.
- Due to both pruritic and non-pruritic dermatoses.
- Classification based on acquired and congenital etiologies plus distribution of alopecia, ie localized, multifocal or diffuse, is a useful pathomechanistic approach.
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Presenting signs
- Non-pruritic alopecia may be localized, multifocal or symmetrical.
- Non-pruritic symmetrical alopecia is caused by endocrine or non-endocrine dermatosis.
Pathogenesis
Diagnosis
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Treatment
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Prevention
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Outcomes
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Further Reading
Publications
Refereed papers
- Recent references from PubMed and VetMedResource.
- Cerundolo R (1999) Symmetrical alopecia in the dog. In Practice 21 (7), 350-359 VetMedResource.
Other sources of information
- Moriello K A & Mason I (1995)Small Animal Dermatology.Pergammon. pp 75-92; pp 163-168.