In this study, researchers found that the wash method can effectively differentiate between chronic telogen effluvium and early female androgenetic alopecia, potentially negating the need for scalp biopsy.
February 2026 in “Frontiers in Medicine” This study found that fibrosing alopecia in a pattern distribution in Hispanic male patients often resembles androgenetic alopecia, with a tendency for earlier onset compared to European and North American populations.
In this study, isotretinoin treatment in young male Wistar rats was associated with delayed ossification, supporting earlier reports of potential bone malformations from the drug.
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February 2019 in “BMC Genomics” In this study, transcriptome analysis suggested that lipid metabolism and apoptosis may be key factors influencing hair length differences between short-hair and long-hair rabbits.
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March 2017 in “Roczniki Naukowe Polskiego Towarzystwa Zootechnicznego” In this study, researchers observed that underhairs in domestic cats were the thinnest and shortest with regular scales, while guard hairs were the longest and thickest, having irregular scales.