October 2023 in “Clinical medicine and medical research” This study indicates that higher thyroid-stimulating hormone levels may be linked to post-COVID-19 hair loss in women, while ferritin levels showed no significant correlation.
January 2021 in “Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences” This study found that diode and alexandrite laser hair removal systems did not significantly impact thyroid hormone concentrations, hemoglobin, or bilirubin levels in women undergoing facial hair treatment.
April 2020 in “Journal of the Endocrine Society” This case report describes the first known instance of a patient with myotonic dystrophy presenting with type I diabetes, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, and follicular variant papillary thyroid cancer, suggesting a potential link between these conditions.
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March 2005 in “The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism” This study found that testosterone therapy improved physical performance and strength in older men with low testosterone over 36 months, whether administered alone or with finasteride.
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February 2004 in “The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism” This study found that testosterone therapy increased bone mineral density in older men with low testosterone, and combining it with finasteride may reduce prostate enlargement associated with testosterone treatment.
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August 2008 in “The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism” In this study, T3 and T4 were found to directly influence human hair follicles in vitro, enhancing keratinocyte proliferation, prolonging the hair growth phase, and affecting pigmentation.
77 citations
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October 2007 in “International Journal of Andrology” This study found that testosterone replacement, with or without finasteride, did not lead to significant cognitive improvements over 36 months in healthy older men without prior cognitive impairment.
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November 2009 in “General and Comparative Endocrinology” The researchers reported that during early embryogenesis and larval development in Silurana tropicalis, inhibiting steroidogenic enzymes cyp19 and srd5beta affects genes related to thyroid and reproductive systems.
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January 2008 in “Climacteric” Randomized trials reported that testosterone therapy improved sexual function in postmenopausal women with hypoactive sexual desire disorder, particularly those who had undergone oophorectomy, with reversible and well-tolerated side effects.
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July 2013 in “The Journal of Sexual Medicine” This review discusses the potential role of androgen receptor CAG repeat polymorphism testing in hypogonadism management for both sexes, but its clinical utility remains unclear and requires further investigation.
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November 2024 in “Scientific Reports” In this study, researchers found that Hashimoto's thyroiditis patients, despite being in euthyroid status, experienced more severe extrathyroidal symptoms compared to healthy controls, and elevated thyroid antibodies were linked to lower health-related quality of life and increased inflammation.
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October 2011 in “British Journal of Dermatology” This study found that subcutaneous testosterone therapy improved scalp hair growth in a majority of androgen-deficient women who previously reported hair thinning and did not report hair loss as a side effect.
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August 2007 in “Histopathology” This case report describes a functional adrenocortical oncocytoma that co-secreted testosterone and cortisol.
11 citations
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December 2010 in “The Journal of Urology” This study found that combining oral testosterone with dutasteride increased testosterone bioavailability in hypogonadal men while suppressing dihydrotestosterone levels over a 28-day period.
10 citations
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April 2006 in “Seminars in Reproductive Medicine” This article reviews the limited evidence on testosterone therapy for premenopausal women and notes a lack of long-term safety and effectiveness data for this population.
7 citations
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January 2014 in “Case reports in endocrinology” This case report describes a testosterone- and cortisol-secreting adrenocortical oncocytoma causing hirsutism in a 23-year-old woman, highlighting adrenal oncocytomas as an important consideration for differential diagnosis.
7 citations
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October 2020 in “Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift” This paper presents a case study of a 21-year-old male with thyroid hemiagenesis, where the left thyroid lobe and isthmus are absent, and discusses the anomaly's potential clinical consequences based on existing literature.
6 citations
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December 2013 in “Journal of Dermatological Science” This study found that Taiwanese women with alopecia may have a significantly higher risk of developing thyroid cancer compared to those without alopecia.
6 citations
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January 2012 in “Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology” This study found that women with epilepsy on carbamazepine and sodium valproate monotherapy experienced more significant weight gain but showed no difference in PCOS incidence compared to phenytoin users; elevated TSH levels were more common among those on sodium valproate.
4 citations
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November 2016 in “Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism” This study found that thyroid volume was increased in PCOS patients with insulin resistance, with potential influences from TSH and LH levels on these changes.
4 citations
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January 2013 in “PubMed” In this study, testosterone and finasteride were found to increase insulin and zinc levels while decreasing chromium levels in male adult rats, suggesting potential effects on the glucose cycle.
4 citations
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December 2018 in “Case reports in endocrinology” This case study reported a postmenopausal woman with a testosterone-secreting ovarian tumor that was not detected through standard clinical or radiological examination but was found via biopsy.
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September 2007 in “International Journal of Impotence Research” This case study reports that low-dose testosterone therapy improved libido and sexual functions in a 36-year-old fragile X carrier female with hypoactive sexual desire disorder when monitored regularly for lab parameters.
March 2026 in “International Journal of Research and Review” This clinical study found that Rosmarinum officinalis mother tincture significantly improved hair volume and density in individuals with diffuse hair loss by enhancing hair parameters measured through a hair shedding visual scale and ponytail thickness test.
This observational study reviewed thyroid eye disease patients treated with teprotumumab at one center, reporting common side effects like fatigue and dry eye symptoms, with serious adverse events including two cases of blood clots and one pulmonary embolism.
This study observed that individuals with autoimmune thyroid disease in Georgia had significantly higher frequencies of certain symptoms and Anti-TPO levels compared to controls, with no significant difference in vitamin D levels.
December 2018 in “Journal of Advances in VetBio Science and Techniques” This study described clinical manifestations such as alopecia and hyperpigmentation in male dogs with hypoandrogenism, suggesting a need for further research on these endocrinopathies in animals.
April 2025 in “International Journal of Research in Dermatology” This study investigated cutaneous manifestations in thyroid disorder patients, finding that hypothyroid patients commonly experienced dry skin (67.83%) while warm skin (93.3%) and increased sweating prevailed in hyperthyroid patients, with urticaria being the most common autoimmune association among both groups.
January 2023 in “European endocrinology” This review explores the association between alopecia and thyroid autoimmune disease, also highlighting a linked increased risk of thyroid cancer, but presents no new clinical findings.
July 2021 in “British Journal of Dermatology” Low testosterone levels may contribute to female pattern hair loss in men.