Terminology Service for NFDI4Health
Hypotrichosis
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0001006
The diffuse (congenital or acquired) forms of extensive hair loss leading to paucity of hair. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11849891 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14676077 ]
Term info
Label
Hypotrichosis
Synonyms
- Marked hypotrichosis
- Sparse hair since birth
Subsets
hposlim_core
layperson term
Sparse hair since birth
[
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5208-3432
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6548-5200
]
comment
Unlike alopecia, which describes hair loss where formerly there was hair growth, hypotrichosis describes a situation where there wasn't any hair growth in the first place.
has alternative id
HP:0004874, HP:0002551, HP:0004525
has broad synonym
Decreased hair growth on body
has obo namespace
human_phenotype
id
HP:0001006
Term relations
Equivalent to:
- has_part some (
decreased amount and
inheres in some strand of hair and
has modifier some abnormal)