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January 2011 in “Dermatologica Sinica” This case report describes a Taiwanese woman with lipedematous alopecia, highlighting rare mucin deposition as a feature that warrants further investigation.
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January 2002 in “Dermatology + psychosomatics” This case study reports that a 15-year-old girl with epilepsy experienced reversible hair loss linked to topiramate adjunctive therapy.
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January 1980 in “Acupuncture & electro-therapeutics research” The authors suggest that male-pattern hair loss may be linked to neuropathy caused by tension on scalp nerves, potentially worsened by testosterone, and propose electrical stimulation as a temporary treatment.
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May 2023 in “Ayna Klinik Psikoloji Dergisi” In this study, researchers found a significant association between Alopecia Areata and depressive symptoms, with those diagnosed showing higher depression scores and differing responses in psychological assessments compared to controls.
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June 2019 in “Innovare journal of medical sciences” This review examines the use of natural remedies, including various herbs, for treating polycystic ovary syndrome, but reports no new clinical results.
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July 2017 in “Journal of evolution of medical and dental sciences” In this study, common skin conditions in the geriatric population of Kerala were found to be widely prevalent, with significant associations between xanthelasma palpebrarum and dyslipidemia, and between cherry angioma and diabetes.
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January 2015 in “Advanced techniques in biology & medicine” This study found that among patients with Down syndrome, those with alopecia areata may have increased antiperoxidase antibodies, possibly linked to hypothyroidism.
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December 2013 in “Urological Science” This case report documents a 59-year-old man in Taiwan who developed breast cancer while undergoing finasteride therapy for benign prostate hyperplasia, marking a rare side effect.
June 2026 in “Reports of Morphology” This study on female Wistar rats with stress-induced alopecia found that a modified diet rich in antioxidants and nutrients reduced dystrophic skin changes and preserved the functional activity of hair follicles, suggesting dietary approaches may support hair restoration under chronic stress conditions.
June 2026 in “Frontiers in Immunology” This review discusses the role of epithelial–mesenchymal transition in cutaneous fibrotic disorders and highlights potential molecular targets for therapy, but reports no new clinical results.
March 2026 in “Reports of Vinnytsia National Medical University” This study examined young Ukrainian men with alopecia areata and found that different severities of the condition were associated with distinct clinical and trichoscopic features, such as variations in hair loss, stress levels, and nail involvement, among others.
This case study reports a rare instance of both alopecia areata and fixed drug eruption occurring in the same area on a 40-year-old man's beard, triggered by oral paracetamol, highlighting potential shared pathogenic pathways and the isotopic phenomenon.
December 2025 in “Reports of Morphology” This study found that young adult Ukrainian men with alopecia areata had significantly different skinfold thickness at several body sites compared to healthy peers, suggesting unique patterns of fat distribution associated with the disease.
December 2025 in “Reports of Vinnytsia National Medical University” This study examined the relationships between the Dermatology Life Quality Index and trichoscopic and clinical-anamnestic characteristics in young Ukrainian men with alopecia areata, finding varying strengths of mostly non-significant correlations, especially in those with grade I and III alopecia.
October 2025 in “Pakistan Journal of Health Sciences” This study found that low serum ferritin levels were significantly associated with non-scarring alopecia in women from Punjab, Pakistan, suggesting that assessing ferritin could help identify iron deficiency as a modifiable factor in hair loss.
September 2025 in “IP Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Dermatology” Results are not reported in this abstract, which focuses on promoting the offerings of a medical publisher in Delhi, India, including open access and print journals across various medical disciplines.
June 2025 in “Reports of Vinnytsia National Medical University” In this study, young Ukrainian men with alopecia areata were found to generally have higher body circumference measurements, particularly in the upper limbs, lower limbs, and trunk, compared to healthy controls, suggesting potential markers for the disease and aiding personalized diagnosis and treatment approaches.
June 2025 in “Reports of Morphology” This study in young Ukrainian men found that specific body measurements, like shoulder width and tibia epiphysis width, are highly predictive of alopecia areata occurrence, though not for its progression, using discriminant models (p<0.001).
This study found that patients with lichen planopilaris exhibit a higher pro-atherogenic lipid profile and elevated atherogenic indexes, suggesting a need for increased cardiovascular and lipid monitoring in these individuals.
The researchers observed that in cases of alopecia areata with atypical features, histopathological confirmation may be necessary, as trichoscopic clues like loss of follicle ostia and vellus hairs were common, while typical features such as exclamation mark hairs were not always present.
January 2025 in “ANNALS OF PAKISTAN MEDICAL & ALLIED PROFESSIONALS” This study found that insulin resistance is common among Pakistani women with PCOS and is independently associated with increased hyperandrogenism, as indicated by correlations with testosterone levels and other androgenic measures.
In this case study, donor lymphocyte infusions effectively eradicated measurable residual disease in a patient with relapsed acute myeloid leukemia after hematopoietic cell transplantation, while side effects included the development of vitiligo and alopecia areata, likely due to chronic graft-versus-host disease.
October 2023 in “Oncotarget” In this study using live mice, researchers observed that during hair follicle regression, apoptosis in basal cells may propagate by triggering neighboring cells, potentially regulated by a gradient of pro-survival signals from stem cells, and proposed a testable mechanism to further explore this process.
May 2023 in “PARIPEX INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH” This study found that platelet-rich plasma, used as a sole treatment in male patients with androgenetic alopecia, may improve hair growth over a three-month period.
February 2023 in “Research Square (Research Square)” This case report describes a 16-month-old girl with atypical acrodermatitis enteropathica who showed marked improvement after zinc supplementation despite normal serum zinc levels.
January 2023 in “International Journal of Zoology and Animal Biology” This case report describes an 11-year-old Lhasa Apso diagnosed with hypothyroidism and diabetes mellitus, illustrating the link between these common endocrine disorders in dogs.
July 2021 in “PARIPEX INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH” This study highlighted knuckle hyperpigmentation as an early sign of vitamin B12 deficiency, indicating a potential link to megaloblastic anemia in the vegetarian population in India.
July 2021 in “PARIPEX INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH” This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of platelet-rich plasma as a sole treatment for alopecia areata, but it reports no new results.
July 2021 in “International journal of homoeopathic sciences” This case report describes a 6-year-old with alopecia areata and family history, highlighting successful management through individualized homeopathic treatment after limited improvement with allopathic medicines.
This study found that metformin significantly improved clinical and hormonal indices in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome compared to pioglitazone, which also effectively controlled some symptoms.