What's the difference between alopecia and baldness?

Alopecia


Definition:

  • (n.) Alt. of Alopecy

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We have reported on a simple and secure method of tying up hair during transplantation surgery for alopecia.
  • (2) Clinical observations in these animals included alopecia and weight loss.
  • (3) However, in subjects with alopecia there was no such difference and the growth rate of all the hairs showed a continuous distribution.
  • (4) This review of androgenetic alopecia (AA) in women provides a summary of hair physiology and biochemistry, a general discussion of AA, and a brief description of other types of hair loss in women.
  • (5) She also had alopecia, a generalized lymphadenopathy, digital clubbing, and bilateral parotid enlargement.
  • (6) Fragments of nail keratin removed with tweezers from patients suffering from alopecia areata were examined using light microscopy and electron microscopy.
  • (7) Pretreatment KOH slide preparations were positive in 69% of patients with alopecia and in only 29% of those with diffuse scale with little hair loss.
  • (8) The effect of scalp hypothermia in connection with chemotherapy was evaluated as hair protection in 61 women with disseminated breast carcinoma, where earlier treatment routines had caused wig-requiring alopecia in nearly all patients.
  • (9) Left untreated androgen-dependent alopecia progressively deteriorates.
  • (10) Dermatopathia pigmentosa reticularis is a rare heritable disorder consisting of a triad of cutaneous findings including reticulate hyperpigmentation, noncicatricial alopecia, and onychodystrophy.
  • (11) with alopecia, photosensitivity and normal renal function is presented.
  • (12) Certain psychotropic drugs--such as the beta-blockers, lithium, and anticonvulsants--are most likely to induce a drug-related alopecia.
  • (13) Female pattern androgenic alopecia was observed in only two subjects.
  • (14) Psychologic characteristics were studied in a sample of 168 men with alopecia androgenetica who participated in a clinical trial on the efficacy of minoxidil gel.
  • (15) The monoclonal antibody Ki-67 was used to determine the numbers of cycling cells in hair follicles both in alopecia areata and in normal scalp skin.
  • (16) The authors' observations confirm the contribution of the sympathetic nervous system function to the genesis of alopecia.
  • (17) Follicular mucinosis is not synonymous with alopecia mucinosa but is analogous to other histologic reaction patterns of cutaneous epithelium such as epidermolytic hyperkeratosis, focal acantholytic dyskeratosis, and cornoid lamellation.
  • (18) Nonhematological toxicities were minimal and consisted of nausea and vomiting, alopecia, mucositis, and phlebitis.
  • (19) Forty Caucasian premenopausal women aged between 18 and 47 years, presenting with diffuse androgen-dependent alopecia, were enrolled into this study.
  • (20) A phytate:Zn molar ratio of 31:1 resulted in typical symptoms of zinc-deficiency like anorexia, alopecia and a significant depression of growth.

Baldness


Definition:

  • (n.) The state or condition of being bald; as, baldness of the head; baldness of style.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Our knowledge of the pathogenesis of ordinary baldness is far from complete but a genetic predisposition is necessary and androgen production must be present.
  • (2) Antiandrogen therapy for androgen-induced baldness is in its infancy.
  • (3) "The idea that there is this contrast between a world of subtlety, and a world of bald, flat generalisations doesn't sound like what it's like at all.
  • (4) A left scalp skin flap (2.5 by 7 cm) based on the superficial temporal artery and vein was transferred to the bald area, with microvascular anastomosis to the superficial temporal vessels on the right side.
  • (5) One milliliter of solution was applied twice daily over 150 cm2 of bald scalp to each subject for 6 days.
  • (6) T-shirts were rush-printed overnight, showing his bald, burly head above the logo: "Hi, I'm Joe Plumber and Obama is a punk."
  • (7) She had frontal balding, mid-face hypoplasia, a small nose, macrostomia with down-turned corners of the mouth, gingival hypertrophy, and hypoplasia or absence of the clitoris.
  • (8) Improvements in the technique and instrumentation used in hair transplantation have led to the production of better grafts, a more natural hairline, a greater number of grafts from a donor site, the effective control of postoperative bleeding, and the reduction of large areas of baldness prior to hair transplantation.
  • (9) The operative indications are difficult because of the variety of baldness and the multiple techniques available.
  • (10) These operations allow massive transfer of genetically determined permanent hair to the cosmetically deficient areas of the scalp, whether the condition of baldness is the result of injury or hereditary factors.
  • (11) Use of this method for the treatment of bitemporal recessions and type 6 male pattern baldness is discussed in detail.
  • (12) Currently, the technique is most frequently used in scalp surgery for correction of male pattern baldness.
  • (13) Reported effects of balding reflected considerable preoccupation, moderate stress or distress, and copious coping efforts.
  • (14) The pathology of the bald scalp showed the presence of tubular epithelial structures devoid of hair bulbs extending from the epidermis to the deep dermis and the superficial hypodermis.
  • (15) The main problem in conventional operations for baldness has certainly been the resultant scar.
  • (16) Six new types of developmental mutants were obtained from the bald variant bld-1 after treatment with mutagens (UV light, gamma radiation, nitrous acid) and after natural selection.
  • (17) Since substantial 3 beta HSD activity was present in the cytosol, and cytosol of B glands showed increased 3 beta HSD activity, the increased conversion of DHA to AD may be a critical step for androgenic action and may be responsible for excessive androgenicity in male-pattern baldness.
  • (18) Larger "bald heads" occur favourable at the "deep" acetabula revealing high CE-angles and at low CCD-angles.
  • (19) In the patient with LGD on entry, there was an aggregate of very large cells covered by short microvilli with bald patches.
  • (20) The established format sounds a bit staid until Balding starts discussing it.

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