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This case report describes a patient with trichothiodystrophy presenting with autism, mental retardation, and seizures, characterized by distinct hair abnormalities under microscopy.

This paper highlights a case where a 2-year-old boy with temporal triangular alopecia was initially misdiagnosed with alopecia areata, emphasizing the importance of dermoscopy for accurate early diagnosis to avoid unnecessary treatments.

The study found that different criteria led to different patient groups in the CombAT study compared to the MTOPS study.

Temporal triangular alopecia is a non-scarring hair loss seen in some Asian children.

This commentary discusses ethical concerns with direct-to-consumer teledermatology services, highlighting potential conflicts of interest and issues with care quality.

This case series reported that telogen effluvium may reveal underlying traction alopecia, emphasizing the importance of recognizing this to ensure accurate diagnosis and treatment.

This study found that a laboratory model using nude mice can produce human hair follicles with amino acid compositions resembling both normal and trichothiodystrophy-affected human scalp hair over extended periods.

This review discusses treatment options for tics in Gilles de la Tourette syndrome, highlighting existing therapies and potential future advancements, but reports no new clinical findings.

In this study, the authors compared topical diphencyprone and tretinoin gel for treating alopecia totalis and universalis, but the abstract does not report any definitive clinical results.

In this open-label trial, Tofacitinib was well tolerated and improved IFN and cytokine scores, as well as overall skin pathology, in individuals with Down syndrome and immune skin conditions.

In this study, increased Treg cell activity indicated by IL-10 and IL-15 was identified as a feature of ADTA, distinguishing it from AA and potentially explaining ADTA's more favorable prognosis.

This review found that teledermatology was significantly used during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly for managing common ambulatory dermatoses like acne and eczema.

This study found that coadministration of tadalafil and finasteride improved lower urinary tract symptoms and erectile function in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia better than finasteride alone over 26 weeks.

This review examines existing research on transdermal testosterone for treating hypoactive sexual desire disorder, suggesting it improves female sexual function with minimal side effects but highlights the need for more long-term safety data.

This study suggests that simple absolute threshold monitoring rules for compliance using the biomarker DHT perform similarly to more complex methods in the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial.

This case report highlights that a patient with resistance to thyroid hormone was misdiagnosed as having Graves’ disease, leading to unnecessary radioactive iodine treatment.

This case study reports successful treatment of an 11-year-old girl's trichotillomania with cognitive behavioral therapy, mild topical treatments, and supportive parental involvement, without psychopharmacologic intervention.

In this study of male patients with 46,XY 5α-reductase type 2 deficiency, DHT therapy was effective in achieving penile enlargement during infancy, while testosterone replacement therapy proved more beneficial during puberty, possibly due to increased conversion to DHT.

This study found that TPA treatment transiently induces high levels of ODC in mouse epidermal cells, particularly around hair follicles, with localization reduced by retinoic acid or cycloheximide pretreatment.

This study identified "HTLV-1-associated lichenoid dermatitis" as a skin condition in HTLV-1-infected individuals, characterized by reactive eruptions associated with increased immunity toward infected CD4+ T cells.

This study identified the Itpr3 gene as responsible for the tufted hair loss phenotype in the BTBR mouse strain.

This case report identifies a 23-year-old man with congenital triangular alopecia, a non-scarring alopecia characterized by preserved follicles and vellus hair, for which unnecessary interventions should be avoided.

This study provides insights into how chronic T. gondii infection might affect testicular tissue and suggests a potential impact on male fertility.

This study found that trichothiodystrophic hair shows reduced and disoriented protein deposition in follicles, with both the cuticle and cortex affected, providing localized structural insights into keratin abnormalities.

This report documented a successful and sustained hair restoration surgery using follicular unit transplantation for temporal triangular alopecia, lasting over six years.

Targeted testing for telogen effluvium patients can save healthcare costs.

This report discusses a case of hair toe tourniquet syndrome in an infant and emphasizes the importance of early diagnosis and treatment to prevent severe complications.

This study identifies a specific subtype of Telogen Effluvium associated with scalp dysesthesia, such as itch or burning, in the absence of any inflammatory scalp disorder or medication association.

This study of alopecia areata patients found that a 10 mg twice-daily dose of oral tofacitinib led to significant hair regrowth, suggesting it may be beneficial for treatment.

In this prospective phase II clinical trial, researchers are investigating whether adding dutasteride to combined androgen blockade can improve the response rate and clinical outcomes for patients with androgen receptor-positive recurrent or metastatic salivary duct carcinoma.