82 citations
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May 2010 in “PLoS neglected tropical diseases” This study provides quantitative evidence that secondary syphilis is highly endemic in Cali, Colombia, and many untreated patients have high numbers of circulating Treponema pallidum spirochetes.
35 citations
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January 2019 in “Clinics in Dermatology” This review discusses contemporary issues in syphilis diagnosis and management, emphasizing the importance of recognizing and addressing both biomedical and psychosocial aspects, but provides no new clinical results.
14 citations
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September 2016 in “Journal of Cutaneous Pathology” This review discusses the classification and diagnosis of primary scalp alopecia, focusing on scarring and non-scarring types, and reports no new clinical results; it emphasizes simplified diagnostic pathways and tissue processing techniques.
6 citations
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September 2011 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” This report describes a case of secondary syphilis with an unusual folliculocentric papular eruption in an HIV-positive patient, underlining the diagnostic challenges and importance of biopsy with treponemal staining in such cases.
3 citations
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January 2015 in “Dermatology Online Journal” This case report highlights a patient whose essential syphilitic alopecia was the only symptom of syphilis, which improved after benzathine penicillin treatment, emphasizing alopecia as a potential sign of syphilis.
2 citations
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October 2010 in “Reviews in Medical Microbiology” This review discusses syphilis and reports no new clinical findings; it highlights the need for improved prevention and diagnosis to address increasing infection rates globally and in Hungary.
1 citations
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January 2017 in “Japanese Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery” In this case study, a woman with secondary syphilis showed significant improvement following treatment with benzyl penicillin potassium, as evidenced by a 3.7-fold decrease in rapid plasma reagin levels.
1 citations
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January 2012 in “Médecine et Maladies Infectieuses” The man's symptoms improved significantly after penicillin treatment for syphilis.
June 2025 in “British Journal of Dermatology” This case series observed the diagnostic challenges of secondary syphilis, highlighting diverse presentations such as rashes and systemic symptoms that can mimic other conditions, underscoring the importance of dermatological review, serological testing, and interdisciplinary care for effective treatment and management.
October 2023 in “Frontiers in medicine” This study analyzed screening data from 218 alopecia areata patients before starting Janus kinase inhibitors, revealing the importance of pre-treatment screening due to risks of infections like tuberculosis and hepatitis B, with 74.8% of patients proceeding to treatment in real-world settings.
June 2017 in “The Medical Journal of Australia” This article provides no abstract or new research findings.
December 2008 in “中華皮膚科醫學雜誌” This case report describes a 35-year-old Taiwanese man whose hair loss improved significantly after treatment for syphilis, suggesting a link between his condition and the infection.
September 2024 in “Cermin Dunia Kedokteran” This article reviews Frambusia, a skin-contact-spread tropical infection, and stresses improving medical professionals' diagnostic and treatment skills to achieve the WHO's eradication target by 2030, without reporting new results.
32 citations
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January 2015 in “Annals of diagnostic pathology” This study highlights the importance of recognizing oral lesions in diagnosing syphilis, as illustrated by three reported cases.
3 citations
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July 2014 in “QJM” This case report discusses a 35-year-old man with progressive alopecia areata who did not respond to minoxidil treatment but offers no new clinical trial results.
53 citations
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May 1995 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” This article describes two cases where essential alopecia was the initial sign of syphilitic infection, examining the clinical and histopathologic features observed.
21 citations
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November 2014 in “Journal of Endocrinological Investigation” This review discusses cross-sex hormone therapy for managing gender dysphoria in transsexual individuals and reports no new clinical results; it highlights the need for education and culturally sensitive training for healthcare professionals.
12 citations
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October 1976 in “The BMJ” This abstract reports an influenzalike illness with varying antibody titers observed in a woman and her husband, but it does not provide broader clinical findings.
11 citations
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July 2008 in “International Journal of Dermatology” This article discusses a case of patchy alopecia areata that spares greying hairs but reports no new findings; it refers to existing literature for context.
10 citations
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July 2012 in “International Journal of Dermatology” This article addresses diffuse pattern essential syphilitic alopecia as an unusual form of secondary syphilis but provides no new clinical findings.
8 citations
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August 2016 in “Acta dermato-venereologica” Timolol eye-drops can cause hair loss.
7 citations
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January 2018 in “International Journal of Dermatology” Syphilis can cause hair loss without other symptoms and should be considered when diagnosing unexplained hair loss.
7 citations
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November 2006 in “Pediatric Dermatology” This article describes the first reported case of alopecia in a neonate with congenital syphilis.
6 citations
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April 2015 in “Infection” This case study describes a patient with secondary syphilis, including alopecia syphilitica diffusa, whose symptoms resolved completely after treatment with benzylpenicillin following prednisolone prophylaxis.
6 citations
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January 2016 in “Skin appendage disorders” This case report describes a 38-year-old male with scarring body hair loss as the sole manifestation of lichen planopilaris, characterized by progressive alopecia and preceding itching.
5 citations
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November 1992 in “Current problems in dermatology” This review discusses the role of glucocorticoids in treating severe inflammatory disorders and highlights their potential adverse effects, recommending dosage management to minimize these risks; no new clinical results are reported.
4 citations
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March 2020 in “Berkala Ilmu Kesehatan Kulit dan Kelamin” This case report noted that HIV-infected men who have sex with men are at a higher risk of syphilis, requiring careful staging and prolonged serologic monitoring to assess treatment success.
4 citations
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July 2005 in “International Journal of Dermatology” This article does not contain an abstract and presents no new clinical findings, instead discussing prior cases and literature on infant alopecia universalis and the potential role of topical PUVA therapy.
4 citations
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November 2018 in “JAAD case reports” This report presents a case of alopecia areata manifesting in a linear pattern, deviating from the typical presentation of sharply demarcated round patches.
2 citations
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December 2012 in “Acta Facultatis Medicae Naissensis” This article presents a case of syphilitic alopecia in a man, where treatment with benzathine penicillin G led to dramatic hair regrowth and resolution of syphilitic lesions within three months.