December 2023 in “Curēus” A woman with lupus had rare severe symptoms but improved with treatment.
August 2023 in “Rheumatology” Early referral to a pediatric rheumatologist and thorough evaluation are crucial for treating complex overlap syndromes effectively.
September 2019 in “Rheumatology advances in practice” Diagnosing and treating rapidly worsening lung disease is difficult and requires better guidelines and understanding.
January 2019 in “The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine” Trichoscopy helps effectively tell apart different types of patchy hair loss in Egyptian patients.
April 2017 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Researchers improved a method to study individual cells in newborn mouse skin and found a way to assess the severity of a skin condition in humans.
60 citations,
June 2019 in “Ageing Research Reviews” Fat from the body can help improve hair growth and scars when used in skin treatments.
3 citations,
August 2022 in “JAAD case reports” A woman developed swelling in her body after taking low-dose oral minoxidil for hair loss, but it resolved after stopping the medication.
March 2023 in “Revista română de reumatologie” Skin problems are common in lupus, often appearing first, with various types and treatments, and careful monitoring is important for diagnosis and management.
January 2021 in “Figshare” Metformin helps regenerate hair follicles in lab conditions.
Women with PCOS have different body composition and some metabolic differences compared to healthy women.
Proretinal nanoparticles are a safe and effective way to deliver retinal to the skin.
82 citations,
August 2006 in “Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior” Certain steroids in the brain affect mood and symptoms of depression, and treatments targeting these steroids show promise for improving these symptoms.
March 2022 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Discoid Lupus Erythematosus causes scalp plaques that can lead to hair loss, and antimalarial drugs are effective treatments.
5 citations,
December 2005 in “Clinical Techniques in Equine Practice” Skin and hair changes in horses can indicate serious diseases, and recognizing these signs is important for treatment and management.
1 citations,
November 2021 in “American Journal of Clinical Pathology” The conclusion is that certain physical signs in the body can indicate past acute and chronic stress, which may help in child abuse investigations.
6 citations,
July 2018 in “Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine” Different body parts have varying levels of certain hair follicle markers.
April 2023 in “Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine” The document concludes that inflammation markers can be used in diabetes, vitamin D3 affects immune pathways, hyperthyroidism changes hormone levels, androgen levels help diagnose Adrenocortical Carcinoma, erectile dysfunction is linked to diabetes, hypogonadism is common in HIV-infected males, and hormones can be biomarkers for various conditions.
550 citations,
December 2005 in “The Journal of clinical investigation/The journal of clinical investigation” Researchers successfully isolated and identified key markers of stem cell-enriched human hair follicle bulge cells.
92 citations,
December 2005 in “The Journal of clinical investigation/The journal of clinical investigation” Human hair follicle stem cells can be isolated using specific markers for potential therapeutic use.
30 citations,
January 2019 in “Clinical Endocrinology” The study concluded that both anti-Mullerian hormone and LH/FSH ratio are higher in women with PCOS and combining these markers with BMI could improve diagnosis accuracy.
14 citations,
January 2001 in “Clinical chemistry” Hair can be used to measure cancer-related chemicals noninvasively.
16 citations,
December 2012 in “The Clinical Journal of Pain” Chronic scalp pain in trichodynia involves both body-wide and localized increased pain sensitivity.
1 citations,
October 2021 in “Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology” Vitamin B3 may help prevent hair loss and promote hair growth by protecting scalp cells from stress and reducing hair growth-blocking proteins.
8 citations,
October 2010 in “Scandinavian Journal of Clinical & Laboratory Investigation” Normal-range ALT levels can indicate metabolic and hormonal imbalances in young women.
68 citations,
November 2015 in “The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology” Blocking IL-12/IL-23p40 helped reverse severe hair loss in patients.
July 2018 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” Fluorescent tattoos are a good way to mark the scalp for hair treatments because they're accurate, invisible in normal light, and have low risk.
35 citations,
December 2014 in “Clinical and experimental dermatology” Oxidative stress may play a role in causing alopecia areata.
35 citations,
January 1993 in “International Journal of Dermatology” People with HIV and low T cell counts have more hair and scalp problems.
32 citations,
January 1990 in “Clinical Endocrinology” Women with female pattern hair loss have higher levels of certain androgens, suggesting increased androgen exposure to hair follicles.
8 citations,
November 2019 in “Clinical Science” High DHA levels delay wound healing and worsen skin repair quality.