January 2021 in “International journal of dermatology, venereology and leprosy sciences” This study found that trichoscopy is a valuable diagnostic tool for identifying hair loss patterns in women and can help avoid scalp biopsies in unclear cases.
August 2018 in “Oxford University Press eBooks” This chapter reviews inflammatory scalp diseases and hair shedding, focusing on different types of scalp and follicular diseases, and reports no new clinical findings.
January 2015 in “프로그램북(구 초록집)” This study found that trichoscopy is a useful tool for diagnosing and assessing the severity of alopecia areata and androgenetic alopecia in patients when visual diagnosis is challenging.
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August 2006 in “Journal of Cutaneous Pathology” This case report describes two brothers with an unusual, possibly treatment-resistant inflammatory variant of androgenic alopecia, featuring follicular isthmic lymphocytic inflammation and diffuse central scalp hair loss.
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December 1999 in “International Journal of Dermatology” In this study, men with AGA who took finasteride 5 mg daily for 24 months showed a significant increase in hair counts compared to those who received a placebo.
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June 1999 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” This study reported that finasteride 1 mg/day significantly increased hair growth and slowed hair loss in men with frontal scalp hair thinning over one year, and these benefits continued or improved in the second year.
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October 1998 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” In male pattern hair loss, this study found that finasteride 1 mg daily significantly slowed hair loss and increased hair growth over two years compared to placebo.