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This case report describes a patient with post-combustion alopecia and severe psychiatric issues who experienced significant quality of life improvements and social reintegration following follicular unit extraction.

In this study, researchers reported that a newly developed interferon-γ release assay for cell-mediated immunity to SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid peptides demonstrated high sensitivity and specificity, making it a robust tool for routine diagnostic tests and potentially useful in predicting clinical outcomes after pathogen re-exposure.

In this study, a high prevalence of anabolic-androgenic steroid use was observed among bodybuilding athletes in Sergipe, Brazil, regardless of their socioeconomic backgrounds, highlighting the need for increased awareness about the associated health risks.

In this study, serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels were similar between alopecia areata patients and healthy controls, though a non-significant trend toward higher vitamin D deficiency was observed among the patients.

This correspondence reports the case of a young woman with severe lipid storage myopathy due to a rare mutation, who showed significant temporary improvement with plasmapheresis and immunoglobulin treatment before stabilizing with riboflavin and coenzyme Q10 supplementation, challenging the initial assumption of an immune-mediated condition.

This study demonstrates that neural stem cells in the adult vertebrate brain coordinate their division decisions using delayed local feedback mechanisms, involving Notch-mediated inhibition and dispersion effects, to maintain population homeostasis.

This study observed that patients with alopecia areata had significantly lower serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels than healthy controls, with a trend toward even lower levels in more severe cases.

This study proposed a method to automatically detect and replace hair in dermoscopy images, demonstrating high sensitivity and specificity in melanoma diagnostics.

This case study documented a capuchin monkey with dermatophytosis caused by Microsporum canis, successfully treated with itraconazole, marking the first such report and treatment description for this species.

In this study, women with a complete hydatidiform mole had significantly higher pre-evacuation levels of hCG, free testosterone, and DHEA-S compared to controls, which declined after HM evacuation.

In this study, the authors reported that the time elapsed since acute COVID-19 symptom onset was the only independent factor associated with developing post-acute COVID-19 syndrome.

This case report highlights the rare overlap of DRESS and Stevens-Johnson syndrome following antituberculosis treatment, emphasizing the critical importance of timely diagnosis and intervention to manage severe symptoms and prevent organ damage.

This review concludes that platelet-rich plasma injections significantly improve knee joint function in managing knee osteoarthritis compared to other treatments.

This study examined the most common chemotherapy side effects among patients with prostate, bladder, and testicular cancer, noting hair loss, fatigue, and decreased appetite as frequent symptoms.

This study presents two new mouse models using the CreER T2-loxP system to target and study melanocytic cells, with implications for melanoma research.

This study found that microneedling with growth factors improved collagen production and connective tissue reorganization more than microneedling with saline in facial rejuvenation.

This review discusses emerging evidence on azathioprine's efficacy and safety for severe alopecia areata, reporting sustained response in many patients but emphasizing the need for controlled trials.

This case report describes a presumptive case of ichthyosis fetalis in a cross-bred lamb and highlights the need for this rare condition in sheep to be considered by veterinarians in the differential diagnosis of dermatopathies.

This study reports that patients with specific MFN2 mutations, including p.Arg707Trp, exhibit significant upper body fat overgrowth with suppressed leptin production, suggesting tissue-selective mitochondrial dysfunction and potential therapeutic targets.

This article discusses androgenetic alopecia in Amerindian Mapuche people from southern Chile and reports no new clinical findings.

In this case report, a 25-year-old man with nevus comedonicus showed no improvement from keratolytics and topical tretinoin, but had success with surgical excision of the lesions.

This article discusses a novel approach to treating recurrent priapism in sickle cell anemia using Finasteride, but provides no new clinical findings.

This case report describes a 14-year-old girl with signs of virilization, including increased facial and body hair, deepened voice, and elevated serum testosterone and androstenedione levels.

This descriptive literature review suggests that rosemary essential oil may stimulate hair growth in androgenetic alopecia with effects similar to 2% minoxidil, yet highlights the need for more robust clinical trials to confirm these findings and assess complementary methods like scalp massage and high-frequency treatment.

This study reports that a novel multi-compound Blend, tested on ex vivo human hair follicles, promotes hair growth by enhancing elastin deposition and dermal papilla inductivity more effectively than isopropyl cloprostenate, suggesting benefits through elastogenesis and modulation of Wnt signaling.

This study explored the potential of stigmasterol as a treatment for androgenetic alopecia through various simulation techniques, finding promising interactions with key genes involved in hair loss, but further experimental validation is needed before clinical application.

This review outlines current treatments for folliculitis decalvans and dissecting cellulitis of the scalp, noting conventional therapies' limitations and promising but limited results from targeted biologic agents.

This study developed and tested a shampoo with semi-permanent dyes designed to gradually cover gray hair, reporting maintained stability and effective gray–black coloration on high-canities hair tresses through eight wash cycles.

In this report, the sighting of a maned wolf in a rural area of Brazil with severe hair loss, likely due to alopecia, was documented, and it was suspected that the condition resulted from disease transmission from domestic dogs.