May 2024 in “International Seven Journal of Multidisciplinary” This review discusses fibrosing frontal alopecia, including its causes, mechanisms, and treatments, and emphasizes the need for further research to improve understanding and treatments; it reports no new clinical results.
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January 2000 in “Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery” This case study suggests that overgrowth of microorganisms with hyperkeratosis may contribute to the induction of lichen planopilaris by disrupting the immune privilege of hair follicles.
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April 2021 in “Nepal journal of dermatology, venereology & leprology” This study found that the pattern of skin diseases in Kathmandu is evolving, with an increase in allergic and immunologic conditions and a continued prevalence of infections.
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July 2012 in “Nasza Dermatologia Online” This case report suggests that immune responses, along with hair traction, may play a role in the etiology of central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia.
October 1998 in “RePub (Erasmus University, Rotterdam)” This article discusses the structure and function of the skin, the etiology and increasing incidence of skin cancer, and the types and prevalence of malignant skin tumors, but reports no new research findings.