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This case report describes a child developing pancreatitis directly linked to valproic acid therapy.

This case study reports a 15-year-old girl from a visceral leishmaniasis-endemic area in Greece presenting with various symptoms, including high fever, morning joint pain, and blood in urine, eventually leading to findings like rash, anemia, and kidney issues. Results are not detailed in this abstract.

This study observed that five out of fourteen individuals aged 13-16 years, who were homozygous for the p.C282Y mutation related to hemochromatosis, had increased liver and phlebotomy-mobilized iron levels.

This case report describes a 44-year-old patient with late-onset partial lipodystrophy, mental retardation, epilepsy, ichthyosis, and glomerulonephritis, linked to a 10 Mb duplication of chromosome region 5q31.3-5q32.1.

This case highlights the potential link between type 1 diabetes, pernicious anemia, and alopecia areata universalis, suggesting clinicians should monitor for pernicious anemia in such patients.

This study reported that mice on a phenylalanine-deficient diet showed symptoms such as weight loss, gastric dilation, and thymic depletion, which echo human phenylalanine deficiency manifestations.

In this case report from People's College of Medical Sciences, a 20-year-old man initially misdiagnosed with Addison's disease was ultimately found to have strongyloidiasis, with his symptoms and weight loss improving after antihelminthic treatment.

This review examines the dermatologic side effects of lithium, noting it can cause or worsen skin conditions like psoriasis and acne, potentially affecting medication adherence, but reports no new clinical results.

This case study reports significant clinical and hormonal improvement in a 21-year-old woman with HAIR-AN syndrome after nine months of treatment with oral contraceptives and spironolactone.

This study reported successful treatment of biotin deficiency in three patients receiving total parenteral nutrition, suggesting current biotin supplementation recommendations may be inadequate to maintain normal biotin status.

This case study reported that a 51-year-old woman with hirsutism and voice thickening had a Leydig cell tumor detected by PET-CT, which normalized hormone levels and resolved symptoms after surgical removal.

This case report describes a 1-month-old male infant with Netherton syndrome, characterized by severe hypernatremia, skin and scalp issues, highlighting the syndrome's complications, including growth retardation and infection risks in early life.

This study presents a case of a 24-year-old man who developed mild transaminitis and rhabdomyolysis within 24 hours of starting valproic acid for seizures, with symptom resolution following drug cessation.

In this case study, authors reported that a 43-year-old female patient initially showed persistently high testosterone levels due to immunoassay interference, later verified as normal using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), highlighting the need to consider assay artifacts in diagnosing hyperandrogenism without clinical signs.

This study reports that alopecia may develop in patients with chronic exposure to high plasma concentrations of valproate, but resolved after dose reduction or treatment discontinuation.

This study found that while glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists report more incidents of suicide, hair loss, and aspiration compared to some other antidiabetic drugs, they did not meet the threshold for positive safety signals.

This study observed that, among women of reproductive age with prediabetes, those treated with a combination of metformin and liraglutide experienced greater weight loss, a more significant decrease in visceral adiposity index, and higher rates of HbA1C normalization compared to those receiving metformin and inositol.

This study investigated the association between hair loss and medications affecting the GH/IGF-1 pathway, using the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System to analyze reporting odds ratios of alopecia.

This case report describes a 17-year-old boy with obesity who was diagnosed with severe hypothyroidism, leading to myopathy, rhabdomyolysis, acute kidney injury, and bradycardia. Following treatment with IV levothyroxine and liothyronine, his symptoms improved, and he achieved significant weight loss over five months.

This case study suggests that treatment with Pil-Food, intended for hair loss prevention, may have triggered postinfantile giant cell hepatitis with autoimmune characteristics, which showed a rapid and effective response to corticosteroid therapy.

This case report describes an 11-month-old infant with Biotinidase deficiency who exhibited multifocal seizures, neuroregression, alopecia, and skin issues, highlighting prompt diagnosis and the dramatic clinical response to biotin treatment.

In this study, researchers found that many infant formulas in Japan lack sufficient biotin, putting infants at risk of developing nutritional biotin deficiency.

This study found that spironolactone may improve acne and some ovarian functions in patients with irregular menstrual periods and androgenic symptoms, while causing few side effects.

Metabolic issues may trigger lymphocytic cicatricial alopecia, and treatments targeting these issues could help.

This case report is the first to associate HAIR-AN syndrome with polycystic ovaries, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, and several metabolic conditions in a 21-year-old woman, emphasizing early diagnosis and management.

This case study highlighted that excessive iodide intake from the supplement TauriNac was associated with the development of hypothyroidism in a cystic fibrosis patient, which reversed upon discontinuation.

This study demonstrated a significant association between high lipid accumulation product (LAP) and hirsutism in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

In this case report, a 14-year-old cat was diagnosed with both hyperaldosteronism and hyperprogesteronism linked to a large adrenal tumor, highlighting the importance for clinicians to consider these concurrent conditions in similar cases.

This study found that women with polycystic ovary syndrome had significantly higher serum lactate dehydrogenase levels and lower levels of cortisol, dopamine, zinc, and vitamin D3 compared to healthy controls.

This study found that the most likely cause of hypercalcemia in a patient with symptoms of hypervitaminosis A and a history of chronic vitamin A ingestion was vitamin A toxicity.