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March 2019 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” This commentary discusses a study reporting that platelet-rich plasma (PRP) treatment led to increased hair growth in androgenetic alopecia patients, while critiquing its conclusion on the ineffectiveness of microneedling.
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August 2014 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” This article notes slow progression and spontaneous stabilization in untreated cases of a specific scarring alopecia and reports no new results; the authors call for randomized trials to confirm the treatment's benefit.
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August 2020 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” This letter discusses existing research and encourages further studies on the relationship between androgenetic alopecia and COVID-19 severity, reporting no new clinical results.
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July 2017 in “Skin appendage disorders” Alfredo Rebora suggests a simpler classification for hair loss and a new test for easier diagnosis.
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November 2024 in “Romanian Journal of Morphology and Embryology” This overview examines the biology, origin, structure, and function of various cells and structures, such as the blood-retinal barrier and Merkel cells, and discusses their roles in disease pathogenesis, along with recent findings related to the lymph nodes' paracortex.
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June 2017 in “The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism” Finasteride use may cause sexual dysfunction; more research needed.
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April 2008 in “Progrès en Urologie” This article discusses the potential of finasteride as a chemopreventive agent for prostate cancer and highlights unresolved issues, but it reports no new research findings.
December 2025 in “Clinical Case Reports” The exosome injections were from stem cells and plants, not umbilical cords.
August 2025 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” Combining PRP with microneedling and minoxidil may help treat severe hair loss.
October 2024 in “Frontiers in Pharmacology” The correction does not change the conclusion that 2-deoxy-D-ribose helps hair regrowth.
February 2024 in “Frontiers in physiology” This study examines the role of hair follicle stem cells in epidermal regeneration during skin soft tissue expansion, proposing a potential method for their cellular and molecular regulation.
December 2022 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” The authors maintain there is a significant link between vitamin D deficiency and central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia in Black patients, and call for more research on the topic.
This study found that the Lim-homeodomain transcription factor Lhx2 regulates Sonic Hedgehog signaling during early retinal neurogenesis in mice by controlling the expression of pathway genes in retinal progenitor cells.
August 2022 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” This review discusses the risk factors, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management of dermatoses linked to B-complex vitamin deficiencies, including biotin, but does not address risks from over-supplementation.
This study identified genetic regions evolving at different rates in hairless mammals, suggesting that specific genomic changes may contribute to the evolution of hairlessness across various species.
September 2021 in “World journal of urology” The correction states that the label change for Finasteride was in 2012, leading to more reports of side effects from non-healthcare people.
August 2018 in “Archives on veterinary science and technology” This review discusses alopecia in nonhuman primates in research settings and reports no new findings, emphasizing documentation and therapeutic intervention importance during regulatory inspections.
January 2018 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” This letter discusses a previous study on tofacitinib for alopecia areata, questioning its statistical analysis and suggesting that steroids may have influenced results, but it reports no new clinical findings.
October 2017 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This article presents a diagnostic quiz based on clinical images and reports findings from the mentioned article but does not provide new clinical results.
The researchers reported that a new computational method using side-effect data from social media effectively recovers known drug indications and identifies trial indications, suggesting utility for computational drug repositioning.
This study suggests that using a new computational method to mine social media for side-effect data may enhance drug repositioning by recovering known and trial drug indications effectively.
This overview of traditional Chinese medicine extracts discusses their effects on hair follicle development in various animal species but does not report specific experimental results.
January 1996 in “Lasers in Surgery and Medicine” This letter to the editor by Walter P. Unger discusses topics related to hair transplantation and reports no new research findings.
The document concludes that most hair loss treatments don't work, balding isn't caused by dandruff, and hair loss may indicate serious health issues that require medical attention.
September 1961 in “Archives of Dermatology” This letter contains an apology from the author to Dr. Malkinson for remarks that were unintentionally offensive, acknowledging Dr. Malkinson's superior understanding of the discussed problem.
July 2020 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” This article discusses the authors’ response to comments on their study about intradermal botulinum toxin's effect on androgenetic alopecia, reporting no new findings.
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October 2006 in “The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism” This review discusses guidelines for androgen use in women and concludes that more research is needed before recommending testosterone due to insufficient evidence on safety and efficacy.
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October 2014 in “The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism” The guidelines advise against using testosterone and DHEA in women for most conditions due to safety and effectiveness concerns, but suggest considering testosterone for postmenopausal women with low sexual desire.
232 citations
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June 2012 in “Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology” This review summarizes the roles of Wnt signaling in wound healing but presents no new clinical findings, suggesting potential for Wnt-based therapies to enhance tissue regeneration.
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August 1988 in “Clinical endocrinology” This review provides a comprehensive overview of melatonin's physiological roles, effects, and clinical implications, but it does not present new experimental findings.