This article describes the successful use of parieto‐occipital flap operations for hereditary or traumatic baldness but reports no new clinical results.
2 citations
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May 2005 in “Seminars in Plastic Surgery”
This article discusses the temporo-parieto-occipital flap for scalp reconstruction and reports no new clinical results; the authors emphasize its specific reconstructive indications.
10 citations
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May 2009 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology”
This case report describes a dual transposition flap technique for closing large scalp defects post-Mohs surgery, achieving minimal alopecia and scar visibility, though it is based on a single patient.
13 citations
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June 2013 in “Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas”
This review details five cases of syphilitic alopecia, an uncommon symptom in syphilis affecting mainly men, emphasizing that dermatologists should be vigilant as it can appear as the sole symptom.
This review discusses male-pattern baldness and notes that minoxidil has a positive but often unsatisfactory cosmetic effect; it calls for further research since specific antiandrogens for treatment are lacking.