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September 2013 in “PubMed” This study found that Chinese women with PCOS have a high prevalence of mild to moderate NAFLD, particularly when BMI is ≥24 kg/m(2), emphasizing the role of insulin resistance and metabolic abnormalities.
3 citations
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October 2020 in “UNC Libraries” This article discusses the SLICC's revision and validation of the ACR SLE classification criteria to enhance clinical relevance and integrate recent immunological insights, but does not report new clinical results.
4 citations
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May 2023 in “Cells” In this study, baricitinib treatment improved the differentiation of skin-derived precursors into adipocytes for diseases like Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, suggesting potential benefits when combined with lonafarnib.
42 citations
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April 2011 in “Annals of Pharmacotherapy” This study found that long-term flutamide treatment reduced hair loss in women with female pattern hair loss, but liver-related dropouts were minimized at a very low dose of 62.5 mg/day.
December 2024 in “The American Journal of Gastroenterology” This case report highlights the successful use of tofacitinib in a 12-year-old patient with Crohn’s disease who developed alopecia areata following infliximab treatment, showing significant hair regrowth and complete resolution of alopecia within eight months while maintaining remission of Crohn’s symptoms.
25 citations
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May 1994 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study identified a novel gene, hacl-1, that is specifically expressed in the hair follicles of ICR mouse skin and is associated with their active state.
July 2026 in “Clinical Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology” This study found that combining CGF with IPL treatment significantly improved skin conditions and quality of life for patients with facial sensitive skin compared to IPL alone, with enhanced wrinkle reduction, skin barrier function, and decreased adverse reactions reported.
64 citations
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June 2009 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” This article discusses frontal fibrosing alopecia, noting potential connections to lichen planopilaris, but reports no new clinical findings.
329 citations
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January 1997 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” This study reports that progressive frontal fibrosing alopecia, a distinct and gradually stabilizing form of lichen planopilaris affecting elderly women and often involving eyebrow hair loss, lacks effective treatments.
April 2018 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study found that in a mouse model of Focal Dermal Hypoplasia, treatment with lithium carbonate improved skin disease symptoms compared to controls, though disease severity varied and posed interpretation challenges.
9 citations
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April 2021 in “Annals of Translational Medicine” This study observed that facial feminization surgery significantly improved facial appearance and alleviated gender dysphoria among Chinese transgender females, with all patients expressing satisfaction post-surgery.
27 citations
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October 2020 in “Drugs” This article reviews the development milestones of clascoterone up to its first approval for treating acne vulgaris, reporting no new clinical results for androgenetic alopecia.
25 citations
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December 2017 in “Facial Plastic Surgery” This study observed that combining high-potency steroids with pimecrolimus might effectively stabilize hairline recession in frontal fibrosing alopecia patients.
8 citations
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July 2020 in “Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology” This review hypothesizes that excessive facial photo-protection may contribute to frontal fibrosing alopecia by disrupting immunological homeostasis through the aryl hydrocarbon receptor-kynurenine pathway, but it reports no new clinical results.
4 citations
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May 2021 in “Biomedicines” This review explores the potential role of caveolin-1 in cicatricial alopecia, particularly frontal fibrosing alopecia, and discusses possibilities for targeted therapies without providing new research results.
June 2025 in “Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine” This study reports that high-frequency ultrasound can characterize frontal fibrosing alopecia by assessing dermal atrophy, hair follicle changes, and subclinical inflammation.
June 2026 in “British Journal of Dermatology” This study presents cases suggesting that hair transplantation may trigger de novo frontal fibrosing alopecia in some patients, highlighting a potential association worth considering as cosmetic hair procedures become more common.
3 citations
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February 2024 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” This source discusses that while oral JAK inhibitors are used for treating lichen planopilaris and frontal fibrosing alopecia, they carry significant risk of adverse events; two cases showed promising results using tofacitinib cream as a safer topical alternative.
4 citations
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May 2020 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” This letter argues that cicatricial pattern hair loss likely represents end-stage androgenetic alopecia and not a variant of lichen planopilaris, as previously suggested.
July 2024 in “Iranian journal of pathology” This study described the clinicopathological features of patients with frontal fibrosing alopecia who underwent skin biopsies.
June 2020 in “Journal of Drugs in Dermatology” This case report highlights that frontal fibrosing alopecia can occur in black patients and may resemble androgenetic alopecia, underscoring the importance of considering FFA when diagnosing frontotemporal alopecia in this population.
February 2025 in “Archives of Dermatological Research” This study observed that fibrosing alopecia in a pattern distribution shows varied histological features and may resemble lichen planopilaris with initial diffuse distribution, potentially leading to scarring alopecia.
2 citations
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January 2022 in “Hair transplant forum international” This article introduces the Follicular Unit Excision-Linear Ellipse (FUE-LE) technique, which integrates both FUE and the linear ellipse method for optimal hair restoration, but presents no new clinical results.
1 citations
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July 2020 in “Benha Journal of Applied Sciences” This study identified that trichoscopy can effectively diagnose frontal fibrosing alopecia by highlighting specific scalp abnormalities in postmenopausal women.
This chapter discusses the role of orthognathic surgeons in facial feminization surgery, focusing on procedures such as forehead reduction and orbital rim contouring, but reports no new clinical results.
15 citations
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June 2011 in “British Journal of Dermatology” This study observed a potential association between the CC genotype of rs4646 and female pattern hair loss, but the authors advise caution due to lack of experiment-wide significance and recommend replication.
January 2024 in “Asian Journal of Medical Sciences” In this study, researchers in South India observed that dermoscopic features like hair diameter diversity and miniaturized hair were common in female pattern hair loss, with yellow dots and honeycombing indicating more advanced stages, highlighting dermoscopy's utility in diagnosing and differentiating FPHL early.
1 citations
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April 2016 in “The American Journal of the Medical Sciences” This article discusses the characteristics of lichen planus pigmentosus and frontal fibrosing alopecia but reports no new clinical findings; the authors review existing knowledge.
April 2019 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Targeting immune pathways like JAK/STAT may help treat frontal fibrosing alopecia.
1 citations
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August 2018 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” A young woman developed facial bumps before hair loss, which is unusual for her condition.