5 citations
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January 2015 in “Current Topics in Developmental Biology” This review discusses the developmental plasticity between teeth and taste buds in cichlid fishes and reports no new experimental findings, highlighting potential implications for craniofacial organ patterning and regeneration.
April 2024 in “JAMA dermatology” In this randomized clinical trial, oral minoxidil was not superior to topical minoxidil in increasing hair density in men with androgenetic alopecia over 24 weeks, though photographic analysis suggested oral minoxidil may work better on the vertex area of the scalp.
January 2025 in “Revista del Centro Dermatológico Pascua” Early diagnosis and treatment can help manage fibrosing alopecia in older women.
This review discusses current knowledge on pediatric androgenetic alopecia and reports no new clinical results, highlighting the potential usefulness of topical and oral minoxidil, and topical finasteride.
February 2023 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” This publication discusses the use of low-dose oral minoxidil for treating traction alopecia but reports no new clinical outcomes; further research on its efficacy and safety is needed.
September 2015 in “International Journal of Dermatology” In Ethiopia, this study found that certain skin and mucous membrane disorders, particularly oral conditions, were statistically related to HIV infection and may assist in early detection of the disease.
10 citations
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January 2015 in “Journal of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery” In this study, telogen effluvium was commonly found to be associated with iron-deficiency anemia and hypothyroidism among female patients in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
April 2018 in “International Journal of Research in Dermatology” In this study, 82% of systemic lupus erythematosus patients at a tertiary care center in India exhibited skin manifestations, including photosensitivity, malar rash, discoid rash, and oral ulcers.
6 citations
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September 2013 in “Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences” This study observed a wide range of mucocutaneous disorders among HIV-infected individuals in India, with a significant association between low CD4 cell counts and the presence of infectious and inflammatory skin conditions.
4 citations
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November 2001 in “PubMed” This study observed that 54% of men with male pattern hair loss showed hair growth improvement in the vertex region after 6 months of treatment with oral finasteride.
September 2022 in “Revista de la Asociación Colombiana de Dermatología y Cirugía Dermatológica” This review discusses mucocutaneous manifestations associated with Covid-19, classifies the lesions, and describes their characteristics and treatments but reports no new clinical findings.
12 citations
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October 2016 in “Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia” This review discusses the increasing reports of frontal fibrosing alopecia, a form of scarring alopecia, and its potential link to autoimmune disorders, but reports no new clinical results.
3 citations
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July 2011 in “Journal of the Egyptian Women's Dermatologic Society (Print)” This study observed a high prevalence of postadolescent acne in adult women, which was often inflammatory and moderately severe, with persistent acne in half the cases and frequent involvement of the mandible.
September 1997 in “JEADV. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology/Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology” The document concludes that treatments like oral anti-androgens, minoxidil, and topical spironolactone can be effective for hair loss in men and women.
19 citations
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January 2011 in “Clinics” This article reviews alopecia areata incognita, a rare condition mostly seen in young women, and discusses its similarities and differences with telogen effluvium; however, it reports no new clinical findings.
August 2023 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” Recent studies highlighted in this research suggest that alopecia types in men, traditionally thought to affect only certain scalp areas, can also impact the occipital region, which was previously presumed unaffected.
March 2024 in “Journal of functional foods” This study found that both marine and bovine collagen peptides may help prevent hair loss by supporting epithelial hair follicle stem cell functions, with marine peptides maintaining hair in the growth phase and bovine peptides increasing stem cell presence in hair follicle regions.
122 citations
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July 1990 in “Teratology” This study found that oral administration of finasteride to pregnant rats caused dosage-related developmental toxicities, including hypospadias and decreased anogenital distance in male offspring.
May 2023 in “Frontiers in chemistry” This study found that hair from the vertex posterior is a reliable sampling region for detecting zolpidem intake, showing consistent drug concentration and peak position compared to other scalp regions.
52 citations
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November 2013 in “Journal of Pain and Symptom Management” This narrative review evaluates evidence that regional hypothermia can reduce oral, hair, eye, and nail complications from chemotherapy, but highlights the need for more research to address study limitations.
84 citations
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August 2023 in “Drugs” This article describes the development milestones and recent approvals of ritlecitinib for treating severe alopecia areata, with approvals in the USA and Japan and ongoing regulatory reviews in other regions.
October 2025 in “Nepal Journal of Dermatology Venereology & Leprology” In this case study, a 55-year-old male farmer from Nepal with a kerion barbae in the beard region showed complete resolution after initiating oral itraconazole, highlighting the potential for misdiagnosis when bacterial superinfection complicates dermatophyte infections.
July 2025 in “Skin Appendage Disorders” This study analyzed Google Trends data from 2018 to 2023, revealing an increasing global interest in hair loss treatments, particularly for "oral minoxidil" and "dutasteride," though interest varies by region and treatment type.
This report describes a rare case of kerion in a 6-year-old boy in Ireland, treated with oral Itraconazole and steroids, highlighting the condition's unusual occurrence in the region.
14 citations
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August 2024 in “Breast Cancer Research and Treatment” This study found that oral minoxidil improved hair density in women experiencing late alopecia due to chemotherapy and/or endocrine therapy, with 74% showing clinical improvement and statistically significant increases in hair shaft density reported in those assessed with trichoscopy.
July 2026 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” CRT is more effective than oral minoxidil alone for treating hair loss.
February 2026 in “Frontiers in Medicine” This study found that oral minoxidil was associated with short-term improvements in clinical severity for androgenetic alopecia, whereas oral dutasteride did not show significant early clinical changes in the six-month follow-up.
January 2026 in “Dermatologica Sinica” In this study, oral minoxidil (1.25 mg and 2.5 mg) and topical 5% minoxidil significantly promoted hair regrowth in men with androgenetic alopecia over six months, showing comparable efficacy across both oral and topical treatments.
13 citations
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January 2009 in “The Open Dermatology Journal” This article describes a case of oral pigmentation that posed a diagnostic challenge in determining Addison’s disease and includes a brief review, reporting no new clinical results.
1 citations
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November 2014 This chapter reviews patchy hair loss due to skin disease, nail disorders related to chronic trauma, and treatments for small carcinomas, but it reports no new clinical findings.