Alopecia Areata

Alopecia Areata: A Clinician's Guide
Author: Pooya Khan Mohammad Beigi

Part 1: Overview
Chapter 1: Introduction

Part 2: Diffuse Alopecia
Chapter 2 - Diffuse alopecia areata1. Introduction2. Epidemiology3. Pathophysiology4. Diagnosis5. Differential Diagnosis6. Treatment
Chapter 3 - Alopecia totalis / universalis1. Introduction2. Epidemiology3. Pathophysiology4. Diagnosis5. Treatment
Chapter 4 - Telogen effluvium1. Introduction2. Pathogenesisa) Immediate anagen releaseb) Delayed anagen releasec) Short anagen syndromed) Immediate telogen releasee) Delayed telogen release3. Diagnosis/ Clinical Featuresa) Acute telogen effluviumb) Chronic diffuse hair lossc) Primary chronic telogen effluvium4. Differential Diagnosis 5. Treatment
Chapter 5 - Anagen effluvium1. Introduction2. Pathophysiology3. Clinical Presentation4. Diagnosis Investigation5. Treatment6. Differential Diagnosis
Chapter 6 - Loose anagen syndrome1. Clinical Presentation2. Hair pull test and Trichogram3. Histopathology4. Epidemiology5. Pathogenesis6. Treatment and Prognosis7. Differential Diagnosis
Part 3: Focal Alopecia - Non-scarring Alopecias
Chapter 7 - Androgenetic alopecia (AGA)1. Introduction2. Epidemiology & Risk Factors3. Pathophysiology4. Diagnosis5. Differential Diagnosis6. Treatment
Chapter 8 - Alopecia areata1. Introduction2. Etiologya) Molecular genetics3. Epidemiology 4. Diagnosis/ Clinical Featuresa) Clinical diagnosisb) Clinical featuresc) Nail abnormalitiesd) Associated diseasese) Biopsy5. Differential Diagnosis a) Tinea capitisb) Androgenetic alopeciac) Telogen effluviumd) Triangular alopeciae) Cicatricial alopeciaf) Nervous hair pulling (trichotillomania)6. Treatment a) First line therapiesCorticosteroid creamTopical immunotherapyb) Second line therapiesc) Systemic therapiesd) Treatment of children with AA
Chapter 9 - Tinea capitis1. Introduction2. Epidemiology3. Clinical Presentation/ Physical findings4. Diagnosis Workup5. Treatment

Part 4: Focal

Pooya Khan Mohammad Beigi, MD, MSc, MPH is a Clinical Research Fellow at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC, Canada). He is also the Founder/CEO of Misdiagnosis Association and Society (Seattle, WA, USA), and Founder/CEO of Father Medical Charity (Vancouver, BC, Canada).Dr. Beigi established Misdiagnosis Association and Society (MARI), with the aim of collecting and preparing the most comprehensive database of errors in medicine and conducting related medical research studies, in collaboration with health organizations, universities, clinics, professors and physicians from all around the world.Also, he founded Father Medical Charity with the goal of helping patients in need, especially those in underdeveloped countries. This Charity collaborates with many physicians and nurses employed in underdeveloped countries, who identify patients in need and refer them to this medical charity to receive the necessary medications or facilitate treatments for them.Dr. Beigi has presented his research studies to several international conferences, including the 2nd BC eHealth and Innovative Technology, the Canadian Pharmacists 2015, and the 23rd World Congress of Dermatology, etc. He also has written several books for Springer including; Clinician's Guide to Acrodermatitis Enteropathica (2015), Clinician's Guide to Mycosis Fungoides (2016), Clinician's Guide to Pemphigus Vulgaris (2017), Psoriasis: A Clinician's Guide (in development), Clinician's Guide to Vitiligo and other Hypopigmentation Disorders (in development) and Clinician's Guide to Hyperpigmentation Disorders (in development).