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Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2017 Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disorder characterized by transient, non-scarring hair loss and preservation of the hair follicle. Hair loss can take many forms ranging from loss in well-defined patches to diffuse or total hair loss, which can affect all hair-bearing sites. Patchy alopecia areata affecting the scalp is the most common type.
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The postfinasteride syndrome; an overview [PDF]
, 2016 As a 5-α reductase inhibitor, Finasteride has proven effective in ameliorating two conditions documented to be androgen dependent, namely male androgenic alopecia and benign prostatic hyperplasia. Therapeutic results are maintained as long as the drug is
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Przegląd Dermatologiczny, 2023 The existence of two types of alopecia areata is suggested (probably genetically different): early-onset, with more severe symptoms, longer disease duration, higher tendency to relapse, often with a positive family history, and late-onset, in which the ...
Adriana Rakowska +8 more
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Treatment of diseases associated with non-cicatricial alopecia
Przegląd Dermatologiczny, 2022 Alopecia (loss of volume or complete loss of hair) can be a symptom of many diseases. In some cases it is a symptom of a local pathology limited to the scalp, in others it is a dermatological symptom of a systemic pathology.
Lidia Rudnicka, Agnieszka Kaczorowska
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Przegląd Dermatologiczny, 2023 The treatment goal in alopecia areata is induction of hair regrowth and halting the progression of the disease. Treatment decisions depend on the severity of the alopecia areata as assessed by the Severity of Alopecia Tool (SALT) or the Alopecia Areata ...
Adriana Rakowska +8 more
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Progress in immune pathogenesis and targeted therapy of alopecia areata
Pifu-xingbing zhenliaoxue zazhi, 2023 Alopecia areata is a common clinical non-cicatricial alopecia. Alopecia totalis and generalized alopecia may occur in severe cases. The pathogenesis of alopecia areata is complex, and the treatment is faced with many difficulties.
Jiali WANG +3 more
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Treatment of diseases associated with cicatricial alopecia
Przegląd Dermatologiczny, 2022 Cicatricial (scarring) alopecia may result from perifollicular inflammation that destroys hair follicles and replaces them with connective tissue (primary cicatricial alopecia) or from damage done to follicles by other pathology that is not primarily ...
Lidia Rudnicka +4 more
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Co-Relation Between Androgenetic Alopecia and Severity of COVID-19 Disease - A Cross-Sectional Study
Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2022 Objective: To find the correlation between the degree of androgenetic alopecia and the severity of COVID-19 disease. Study Design: Cross-sectional study.
Muhammad Waseem Shahid +5 more
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Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2023 Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disorder characterized by hair loss, for which there are few treatment options. This claims-based study characterized recent real-world treatment patterns among patients in the USA with alopecia areata, including the ...
Nicolae Done +6 more
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Alopecia areata: a multifactorial autoimmune condition [PDF]
, 2019 Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease that results in non-scarring hair loss, and it is clinically characterised by small patches of baldness on the scalp and/or around the body. It can later progress to total loss of scalp hair (Alopecia totalis) and/
Butcher, John P. +3 more
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