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February 2011 in “Dermatology reports” In this study, oral acitretin therapy for psoriasis was associated with excess granulation tissue in the nail sulcus and noncicatricial universal alopecia.
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March 2021 in “Case Reports” In this case study, a 71-year-old woman with postmenopausal hirsutism was diagnosed with a Leydig cell tumor and endometrial carcinoma, with hirsutism improving one month after surgery.
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March 2019 in “Case Reports” This report highlights a case of possible association between myotonic dystrophy type 1 and basal cell carcinoma, urging clinicians to consider this link despite negative genetic testing for known hereditary BCC syndromes.
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August 2020 in “Our Dermatology Online” This study found that stress appears to significantly contribute to the onset and worsening of alopecia areata.
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August 2022 in “Case Reports” This case report describes a woman in her 30s who had virilisation and androgenic alopecia due to a testosterone-secreting ovarian tumor, which normalized after its surgical removal.
January 2021 in “Our Dermatology Online” This case report discusses alopecia syphilitica in a young Belgian man, notes that hair loss was his only symptom, and highlights the improvement following penicillin treatment.
December 2025 in “The Journal of Cell Biology” This study found that keratin 15 lacks the ability to sequester YAP1 in keratinocytes effectively, unlike keratin 14, and suggests that a higher K15:K14 ratio may promote a progenitor state and inhibit differentiation in epidermal keratinocytes.
June 2025 in “BMJ Case Reports” In this case report, researchers observed hair repigmentation in a man with metastatic renal cell carcinoma during treatment with axitinib, marking the first documented instance of this effect with axitinib without the use of hair dyes or other medications.
May 2025 in “BMJ Case Reports” In this case report, a young man's vision problems, including blurred vision and difficulty with color perception, were suspected to be an adverse reaction to oral and topical minoxidil used for alopecia; his symptoms resolved after discontinuing the medication.
This research explores the use of serial block-face scanning electron microscopy to model the complex architecture of sheep wool fibres, focusing on the role and distribution of para- and ortho-cortical cells in determining wool curliness, though the mechanism remains unclear.
December 2024 in “Microbial Biosystems” This review article focuses on the application of marine-derived collagen in wound healing, emphasizing its advantages such as safety, biodegradability, and cost-effectiveness, with scaffold-based treatments showing superior wound-healing acceleration compared to traditional dressings.
October 2024 in “International Journal of Comprehensive Veterinary Research.” In this study, researchers examined the skin of neonatal rabbits and found that most hair follicles were in the terminal stage, with hair shafts protruding through the epidermis, but noted the absence of sweat glands.
October 2024 in “BMJ Case Reports” This case report describes a patient with both rheumatoid arthritis and alopecia areata who showed improvement in both conditions after treatment with baricitinib monotherapy, highlighting the importance of personalized treatment approaches in managing co-occurring autoimmune diseases.
August 2021 in “BMJ Case Reports” This case report details a 27-year-old woman's diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus with immune-mediated intravascular haemolysis, which improved with steroid treatment.
August 2021 in “Case Reports” This report describes a case where a woman with frontal fibrosing alopecia initially presented with symptoms resembling rosacea, but further investigation led to a diagnosis of FFA, resulting in a treatment change to oral finasteride and hydroxychloroquine.
January 2021 in “Case Reports” This case study reports a rare instance of mucinous cystadenoma causing severe virilization in a postmenopausal woman, highlighting a possible link with rapidly progressive hyperandrogenism.
December 2020 in “Our Dermatology Online” This study found that there was a significant discrepancy between histopathological examination and clinical diagnosis in alopecia cases, while vitamin D levels were not significantly associated with alopecia.
This study found that multimodal recruitment strategies successfully achieved target recruitment quickly and created a racially diverse cohort to study ovulation and menstruation health, with higher survey completion rates noted among participants recruited via the internet and community fairs than in clinics.
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June 2020 in “Nature” Scientists created human skin with hair from stem cells, which could help treat hair loss and skin conditions.
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May 2016 in “The Lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology” This article reviews the clinical complications and increased mortality risks associated with Cushing's syndrome but does not present new clinical data; it emphasizes the need for prompt treatment to mitigate these risks.
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May 2013 in “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America” This study discovered that the circadian clock influences hair follicle regeneration, making hair grow faster in the morning and causing more radiation-induced hair loss in the morning compared to the evening.
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August 2014 in “The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism” This study suggests that variations in PCOS phenotypes observed across different ethnic groups may be due to a genetic gradient resulting from historical human migrations and genetic drift.
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October 2017 in “Clinical and Experimental Dermatology” This article discusses the potential of oral tofacitinib as a treatment for atopic dermatitis, alopecia areata, and vitiligo, without presenting new clinical results.
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January 2024 in “The Journal of Experimental Medicine” This study found that CXCL12+ fibroblast subsets in mouse skin play a critical role in recruiting neutrophils and defending against S. aureus infection, with similar fibroblast activity observed in human psoriatic skin.
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April 2012 in “Pediatrics in review” This article reviews approaches to diagnosing and treating dermatophytosis and pityriasis versicolor, noting a significant change in the epidemiology of tinea capitis and highlighting the limitations of certain diagnostic techniques.
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April 2023 in “The Journal of Cell Biology” In this study, researchers found that coordinated intercellular Ca2+ signaling among basal stem cells in mice is crucial for cell cycle progression and tissue-wide communication during epidermal regeneration.
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February 2021 in “BMJ case reports” This case study potentially links the use of anabolic steroids to increased severity of COVID-19 in a healthy 28-year-old man, with marked symptom improvement following treatment with proxalutamide.
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June 2021 in “The Journal of Experimental Medicine” This review discusses current technologies for analyzing signaling in hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells and reports no new results, highlighting the need for further research in this area.
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May 2020 in “Life science alliance” This study found that epidermal-specific deletion of integrin α3β1 significantly reduces papilloma formation in a skin carcinogenesis model by modulating HB stem cell behavior and CCN2 expression.
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July 2018 in “Pediatrics” This case report describes a previously healthy 3-year-old girl who developed scurvy symptoms not directly linked to vitamin C dietary deficiency, highlighting the potential for misdiagnosis in similar cases.