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May 1981 in “Clinical and Experimental Dermatology” This case report describes a patient with myasthenia gravis, alopecia, and hair follicle hamartoma, showing notable similarities to a previously reported case.
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April 1969 in “Archives of Dermatology” This study highlights a case where progressive baldness initially diagnosed as alopecia universalis was attributed to a basal cell hamartoma of each hair follicle, stressing the importance of skin biopsies for unusual alopecia cases.
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July 2004 in “The Journal of Dermatology” This case report describes a female patient with systemic lupus erythematosus who developed generalized hair-follicle hamartoma, marking the fourth documented association between the two conditions.
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November 1986 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” This case report identifies a potential new syndrome characterized by trichoepitheliomas and alopecia, which may be associated with myasthenia gravis.
June 2008 in “Springer eBooks” The document concludes that permanent hair loss conditions are complex, require early specific treatments, and "secondary permanent alopecias" might be a more accurate term than "secondary cicatricial alopecia."