This chapter reviews various metrics for measuring sales performance, including sales effectiveness, market share, customer retention, and more, but reports no new research findings.
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December 2009 in “Archives of dermatology” This overview discusses primary cicatricial alopecias, focusing on lichen planopilaris, and highlights the challenges in treatment and the progressive nature of hair loss despite symptom management, without providing new clinical results.
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October 2012 in “Dermatologic Clinics” This article reviews the impact of nutritional deficiencies on hair health, detailing how they can cause structural abnormalities, pigmentation changes, or hair loss; it presents no new clinical findings.
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January 2010 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” This study reported that mycophenolate mofetil was effective in reducing signs and symptoms of active lichen planopilaris in 83% of patients who had failed multiple prior treatments.
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March 2006 in “Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery” This review examines the histopathologic features of four common types of noncicatricial alopecia and reports no new clinical results.
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January 2002 in “Dermatology” This article discusses alopecia areata occurring during Interferon Alpha-2b/Ribavirin therapy and reports no new clinical results.
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February 2012 in “Journal of Cutaneous Pathology” This research retrospectively evaluated 92 skin specimens to propose histopathological criteria for diagnosing alopecia areata incognito, distinguishing it from telogen effluvium and androgenetic alopecia.
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June 2012 in “Journal of Crohn's and colitis” This review discusses the role of immune responses, especially Th1 cytokines, in alopecia areata pathogenesis and reports no new research findings.
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December 2010 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” This study reports that structural abnormalities in the inner root sheath of hair follicles may cause the hair shaft to be loosely attached in patients with loose anagen hair syndrome.
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August 2008 in “Current Opinion in Pediatrics” This review discusses the most common types of alopecia in adolescents and emphasizes the importance of psychosocial support, but reports no new clinical findings.
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December 2001 in “Dermatologic therapy” This review discusses various treatment options for alopecia areata tailored by age and severity, providing a practical algorithm, but reports no new clinical results.
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October 2014 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” This study found that oral retinoid therapy may provide clinical improvement in a small percentage of patients with treatment-resistant lichen planopilaris, although it is not commonly used as a first-line treatment.
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May 2016 in “Archives of Dermatological Research” This study found significantly higher levels of the protein ULBP3 in patients with alopecia areata incognita compared to other hair loss conditions and healthy controls, suggesting ULBP3's potential as a diagnostic marker for AAI.
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June 2010 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” This study reports previously unreported nail features in Cronkhite-Canada syndrome, specifically recurrent onychomadesis of all 20 nails linked to systemic illness.
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January 2015 in “International journal of trichology” In this case report, the authors describe complete recovery from acute diffuse and total alopecia linked to Borrelia infection after treatment with intravenous ceftriaxone and topical clobetasol foam.
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July 2021 in “Dermatologic Therapy” This case study reports a 58-year-old woman experiencing pressure-induced alopecia with concomitant acute telogen effluvium after severe COVID-19, suggesting a potential link between prolonged hospitalization and hair loss.
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January 2012 in “Hair therapy & transplantation” This study found no significant link between iron metabolism, including serum ferritin and hemoglobin levels, and telogen effluvium in women under 40 years old.
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.
January 2026 in “Journal of Clinical Practice and Research” This study observed that bitemporal alopecia often coincides with conditions such as androgenetic alopecia, seborrheic dermatitis, and telogen effluvium. The researchers suggest bitemporal hair loss could help predict and monitor these associated hair diseases.
July 2025 in “International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research” This case report documented a 20-year-old male with alopecia areata who experienced slight hair regrowth following treatment with cyclosporine and methylprednisolone, highlighting the importance of individualized treatment plans and consideration of medication side effects.
November 2023 in “European medical journal. Dermatology” This summary from the EADV Congress, chaired by Ulrike Blume-Peytavi and Sergio Vaño-Galván, provided an overview of diagnosing and treating alopecia, but specific results and conclusions from the session were not reported in the abstract.
April 2020 in “IP Indian journal of clinical and experimental dermatology” This study explores autoimmune associations in pediatric patients with alopecia areata at a tertiary care center but reports no new clinical findings.
December 2017 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” The document explains how to claim CME credit by diagnosing and treating hair loss conditions in two patient cases.
June 2012 in “Springer eBooks” Eating disorders can cause various hair problems, and while hair loss in these disorders is linked to metabolic syndrome, treatment focuses on specific medications and lifestyle changes for the syndrome.
July 2004 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This study identified acute localized telogen effluvium as a potential cause of temporal hair loss following rhytidectomy.
April 2021 in “Journal of The European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology” This study reports no new results as it is a letter discussing associations between clinical variables, treatment regimens, and hair density and calibre in female androgenetic alopecia patients.
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May 2006 in “Current Opinion in Psychiatry” This review highlights that medical complications, notably in anorexia nervosa, are common and often serious in patients with eating disorders, affecting multiple organ systems.
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November 2020 in “International Journal of Dermatology” COVID-19 may cause a temporary hair loss condition called telogen effluvium in some patients after recovery.
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April 2002 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” This case report describes persistent depigmented hair regrowth from an alopecia areata patch, challenging the previous assumption that such regrowth is only temporary.
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November 2005 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings” This study found that IFN-γ plays a critical role in T cell activation and the pathogenesis of alopecia areata in C3H/HeJ mice.