7 citations
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December 2013 in “The Journal of Dermatology”
This article is a letter to the editor discussing hair graying and loss potentially induced by imatinib mesylate, but it does not provide new research results.
2 citations
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April 2024 in “AIDS Research and Therapy”
This case highlights the importance of considering syphilis testing for patients with unusual symptoms like hair loss and hypopigmentation, emphasizing the diagnostic and management challenges in resource-limited settings.
5 citations
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August 2012 in “Archives of Dermatology”
This case report describes a man's permanent skin and hair whitening, and generalized anhidrosis following allogeneic stem cell transplant, linked to immune-mediated destruction of melanocytes.
This review discusses the evolving understanding of frontal fibrosing alopecia as a generalizedskin condition with diverse manifestations, and reports no new clinical results.
Stopping forehead irritation and using hydrocortisone helped a man's skin, Martinique has lower melanoma rates, a man had an allergy to a specific antifungal, another had unexplained cysts, certain drugs can cause skin reactions without always being interrelated, a link between Fanconi anemia and a skin condition was suggested, high levels of a certain protein may play a role in a type of psoriasis, and there's a need to study the connection between scalp pain and hair loss.
Scalp biopsies are crucial for diagnosing hair loss conditions like Diffuse Unpatterned Alopecia (DUPA) and retrograde hair loss, as treatments like finasteride and dutasteride may not be effective if other conditions are present. Combining PPAR-GAMMA agonists with retinoids could improve treatments for conditions like Lichen Planopilaris.
Hair loss treatments, specifically, discussing the effectiveness and side effects of finasteride, minoxidil, and RU58841 in various microdoses. It also includes an updated graph which provides information on how different doses affect DHT levels, scalp skin and serum androgen levels, as well as hair count.