4 citations
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January 2007 in “Indian Journal of Dermatology” This case report describes a 47-year-old male with advanced androgenic alopecia who had a cosmetically acceptable forelock growth after a hair restoration session using chest hair.
2 citations
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July 2024 in “Indian Journal of Dermatology” In this study, researchers found that adults with alopecia areata exhibited trichoscopic features of empty follicular openings and tulip hair, while children showed more honeycomb pigment patterns and pohlpinkus constriction on their scalp lesions.
June 2026 in “Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas” This review describes the technique of follicular unit extraction with long hair, which allows for hair transplantation in androgenetic alopecia patients without shaving the donor area, and outlines its benefits, drawbacks, and primary use cases.
January 2025 in “Revista del Centro Dermatológico Pascua” Early diagnosis and treatment can help manage fibrosing alopecia in older women.
January 2020 in “International journal of scientific research” Dermoscopy shows that varying hair shaft thickness and single hair follicles are main signs of male pattern baldness, especially in the fronto-temporal region.
September 2016 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” This case study identified the condition as Monilethrix in a 17-year-old female, characterized by a beaded hair appearance and linked to a genetic cause.
4 citations
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September 2015 in “JAAD case reports” This article reviews the characteristics and inheritance patterns of keratosis follicularis spinulosa decalvans, but it does not present new clinical findings, noting the disease's complex and poorly understood pathogenesis.
2 citations
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March 2011 in “Hair transplant forum international” This article discusses the ontological and hormonal sensitivity hierarchy within follicular units and does not report new experimental results.
64 citations
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January 2009 in “The International journal of developmental biology” This study found that intra-follicular Wnt signaling and dermal BMP signaling oscillate differently during hair cycling in mice, affecting hair wave propagation and phases of hair growth.
This case report describes a pediatric instance of follicular atopic dermatitis in a dark-skinned patient, highlighting its unique clinical and dermoscopic features, such as purplish to brownish scaly papules and specific dermoscopic patterns, which are crucial for enhancing diagnostic accuracy in similar cases.
121 citations
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December 2001 in “American Journal of Dermatopathology” This study found that trichoblastomas and nodular basal cell carcinomas have similar cytokeratin expression patterns, indicating differentiation towards the outer root sheath epithelium.
75 citations
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September 1985 in “Archives of dermatology” This report of ichthyosis follicularis in two boys discusses the challenges of distinguishing it from similar disorders, noting its rarity and unclear inheritance pattern without providing new clinical results.
54 citations
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November 2017 in “Scientific Reports” In this study, researchers observed that hyperandrogenic PCOS patients exhibited distinct miRNA and TGFβ signaling gene expression patterns in granulosa cells, suggesting these factors may play a role in PCOS pathogenesis.
30 citations
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May 2016 in “International Journal of Cosmetic Science” This study found that apoptosis was more prevalent in hair follicles of women with female pattern hair loss, particularly in miniaturized follicles, and was associated with follicular inflammation.
35 citations
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December 2008 in “PubMed” In this study, researchers reported that specific immunoreactivity patterns observed in hair follicle stem cell markers suggest different origins for trichilemmoma, basal cell carcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma in human skin tissues.
1 citations
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February 2016 in “Cell Transplantation” In this study, researchers found that hair follicles and dermal fibroblasts, including dermal papilla cells, supported sustained hair growth in transplanted murine models, with RNA-seq analysis revealing active signaling pathways and gene expression patterns.
February 2013 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” Follicular red dots can appear where alopecia areata and vitiligo overlap.
55 citations
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September 2003 in “Experimental Dermatology” In this study, researchers found that certain cytokines can significantly down-regulate PDGF expression in dermal papilla cells and follicular keratinocytes, indicating a potential link between PDGF signaling and catagen induction.
9 citations
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January 2017 in “Virchows Archiv” This study documented distinct expression patterns of stem cell markers LGR5 and LGR6 in various human skin tumors, highlighting differences in their potential roles and contributions to tumor development.
2 citations
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June 2001 in “Medical Electron Microscopy” This study observed that the keratinization pattern of trichilemmal cysts in two Japanese women may originate from the proliferation of the outer root sheath in the follicular isthmus of anagen hairs.
2 citations
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February 2023 in “International Journal of Cosmetic Science” In this study, evidence suggested that hair loss occurs more frequently in multi-hair follicular units on the scalp, particularly in men.
This study aims to describe the trichoscopic pattern of chemotherapy-induced alopecia and its changes during different phases of chemotherapy.
40 citations
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November 2005 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study suggests that different melanocyte subpopulations in hair follicles have varying patterns of apoptosis and survival during the catagen phase, which may inform models for modulating melanocyte behavior in vivo.
16 citations
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February 2018 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” This study found that scalp involvement in dermatomyositis consistently shows a nonscarring pattern with chronic telogen effluvium, featuring telangiectasia and mucin deposition as universal histologic markers.
12 citations
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June 2013 in “International Journal of Dermatology” This study found that different types of seborrheic keratosis demonstrate diverse differentiation patterns, highlighting its undifferentiated and hyperproliferative state with varying keratinization directions.
9 citations
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July 2020 in “Journal of Dermatology” This study found that diffuse and pseudo-fringe sign patterns are common in Asian patients with frontal fibrosing alopecia, and that treatments combining antiandrogens or antimalarials with topical therapy are effective.
7 citations
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May 2005 in “Experimental Dermatology” This study reports that two mouse models of scarring alopecia exhibit similar patterns of hair loss progression despite histological differences in inflammatory cell localization and MHC class I expression.
2 citations
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June 2012 in “Dermatologica Sinica” Dermoscopy is useful for diagnosing and monitoring discoid lupus erythematosus by showing specific skin patterns.
41 citations
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January 2014 in “Annals of Dermatology” This study found that dermoscopy showed distinctive patterns for different types of alopecia, supporting its clinical usefulness for diagnosing diseases with small round or oval hairless patches on the scalp.
26 citations
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August 2013 in “Australasian Journal of Dermatology” This study found that certain trichoscopic patterns, like exclamation mark hairs, were associated with active or mild alopecia areata in Turkish patients, aiding in diagnosis and prediction of the disease.