June 2025 in “British Journal of Dermatology” This case series highlighted three pediatric patients with congenital nail anomalies, revealing underlying developmental or genetic issues such as symbrachydactyly and potential Adams–Oliver syndrome, underscoring the critical role of dermatologists in early detection and diagnosis of these conditions.
40 citations
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April 1995 in “Journal of Cutaneous Pathology” This study found that androgen receptor expression varied across different types of skin appendage tumors, with specific expression patterns noted in sebaceous and sweat gland tumors but absent in hair follicle tumors.
August 2024 in “Journal of Small Animal Practice” In this case study, an 11-month-old cat developed non-pruritic hair loss in the dorso-lumbar area after a road accident, with histopathological examination revealing post-traumatic changes such as absence of hair follicles and pyogranulomas.
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June 2023 in “Turkish Journal of Surgery” This case report described a rare combination of synchronous gallbladder and pancreatic cancers with an unusual initial symptom of complete loss of facial and scalp hair, marking a unique presentation never previously documented for abdominal malignancies in medical literature.
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December 2010 in “Archives of Dermatology” This abstract provides no research results, focusing instead on navigation and subscription details for JAMA Dermatology content access.
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August 2008 in “Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery” This review examines the emergence of new adult stem cell sources with potential for bone tissue engineering and discusses their advantages over traditional sources.
In this study conducted at a tertiary care hospital, the researchers observed that alopecia areata was more prevalent in males aged 21-30, typically presenting as single patches, with anemia being the most common associated systemic condition and lichen planus the most associated dermatological condition.
98 citations
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November 2017 in “Elsevier eBooks” This chapter reviews the male accessory sex glands in rats and their responses to hormonal influences, detailing common spontaneous changes and effects of compounds, but it provides no new experimental findings.
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October 2006 in “European Journal of Immunology” This study found that CD44 and CD49d together enhance signaling pathways in lymphocytes in mice with alopecia areata, influencing their activation and function.
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October 2020 in “Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift” This paper presents a case study of a 21-year-old male with thyroid hemiagenesis, where the left thyroid lobe and isthmus are absent, and discusses the anomaly's potential clinical consequences based on existing literature.
5 citations
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April 2021 in “Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences” This review examines the interconnected roles of bone, adipose tissue, and the central nervous system in regulating energy balance, providing no new experimental results.
8 citations
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January 2013 in “International journal of trichology” This report details two cases of alopecia areata with unusual annular and circinate patterns, highlighting atypical morphology of the condition.
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August 2014 in “Genome Biology and Evolution” This study found that the differential expression of α- and β-keratin genes in feathers may explain their morphological and structural diversity, highlighting the chicken as a model for studying keratin-related diseases.
5 citations
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January 2015 in “Dermatology” This report describes a rare case of angiokeratomas on both the upper eyelids and scrotum, adding to the limited literature on eyelid occurrences and discussing potential causes.
This abstract provides a directed acyclic graph of the association between chest hair amount and prostate cancer, highlighting variables and potential confounders, but it reports no new research findings.
86 citations
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October 2017 in “Translational pediatrics” This review discusses how ophthalmic findings can reveal key endocrine disorders and reports no new clinical results, emphasizing the eye's role in diagnosing and managing systemic diseases like diabetes and Graves' ophthalmopathy.
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.
36 citations
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February 2018 in “British Journal of Dermatology” In this study, researchers found that eccrine sweat glands in human scalp skin are morphologically integrated into the pilosebaceous unit, suggesting they form a common homeostatic tissue environment with adjacent structures.
October 2025 in “Journal of Skin and Sexually Transmitted Diseases” This study found that thyroid dysfunction was significantly more frequent in patients with alopecia areata compared to a control group, even when they lacked symptoms of thyroid issues, supporting the need for routine thyroid screening in this population.
April 2026 in “International Journal of Drug Delivery Technology” This retrospective study at a tertiary care hospital observed that follicular tumors were the most common type of skin adnexal tumors (42.9%) among 42 analyzed cases, with malignancies making up 7.1% of the cases.
August 2026 in “South Asian Journal of Health Sciences” In this case report, a 35-year-old man developed avascular necrosis after receiving intradermal corticosteroid injections for alopecia areata, marking the first documented instance of this side effect from such treatment.
6 citations
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February 1985 in “Archives of Dermatology” This report describes a case where a 23-year-old woman with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis developed generalized ichthyosiform eruption due to sarcoidosis after long-term use of systemic corticosteroids.
April 2024 in “Research Square (Research Square)” This case report describes a 27-year-old male with autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 1, characterized by symptoms including fever, dysarthria, dysphagia, oral candidiasis, nail dystrophy, alopecia, hypoparathyroidism, and dilated cardiomyopathy. The study highlights unique bilateral symmetrical brain calcifications and underscores the syndrome’s diverse manifestations.
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January 2013 in “Dermatology practical & conceptual” This review serves as a comprehensive guide to hair pathology with clinical correlations but does not provide new clinical results.
February 2019 in “Americanae (AECID Library)” This study describes cases of diffuse alopecia and thyroid alterations in sheep, linking selenium and zinc deficiencies to decreased serum T3 and T4 concentrations and related skin conditions.
June 2023 in “Dermatology online journal” In this case report, localized myxedema of the scalp was identified in a patient with Graves disease and Hashimoto thyroiditis, emphasizing the varied skin manifestations in autoimmune thyroid conditions.
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January 2019 in “Medical principles and practice” This case report describes a 17-year-old boy with alopecia areata who had vitamin D deficiency and an incidentally discovered adrenal ganglioneuroma, with alopecia receding after vitamin D supplementation but later recurring despite normalized vitamin D and no tumor return.
November 2017 in “Arthritis Care & Research”
This study found that specific and nonspecific skin changes can serve as important indicators for diagnosing thyroid diseases, even in patients who appear clinically normal.
478 citations
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September 1996 in “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences” This study found that overexpression of PTHrP in mice chondrocytes led to short-limbed dwarfism and delays in endochondral ossification, highlighting PTHrP's role in inhibiting chondrocyte differentiation.