alopecia totalis
MONDO:0019080Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names alopecia totalis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Alopecia totalis is a form of alopecia areata, an inflammatory disease of the hair follicle, characterized by a complete loss of hair of the entire scalp which becomes glabrous.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0019080), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
10 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Alopecia of scalpHPOHP:0002293
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Alopecia totalisHPOHP:0007418
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- AutoimmunityHPOHP:0002960
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Fragile nailsHPOHP:0001808
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Inflammation of the large intestineHPOHP:0002037
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Nail pitsHPOHP:0001803
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- OnycholysisHPOHP:0001806
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- TrachyonychiaHPOHP:0030804
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Type I diabetes mellitusHPOHP:0100651
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- VitiligoHPOHP:0001045
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
Where it sits
- A kind of
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