PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Rajani Nalluri AU - Matthew Harries TI - Alopecia in general medicine AID - 10.7861/clinmedicine.16-1-74 DP - 2016 Feb 01 TA - Clinical Medicine PG - 74--78 VI - 16 IP - 1 4099 - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/16/1/74.short 4100 - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/16/1/74.full SO - Clin Med2016 Feb 01; 16 AB - Appreciation of different types of hair loss (alopecia) that may be encountered in hospital medicine is important to ensure accurate diagnosis and management, identify underlying medical conditions or treatments that may present with increased hair loss, recognise autoimmune alopecias and their associations, and understand the significant psychological impact of hair loss on an individual. This article discusses common causes of hair loss, as well as those conditions that may be associated with systemic disease, relevant to a general physician.