Effect of COVID-19 on Hair Diseases Observed by Health Care Providers: Analysis of 513 participants [PDF]
Dermatology Practical & Conceptual, 2023 Introduction: Covid-19 pandemic has been shown to have major acute and chronic impacts on the skin. Various studies, reported that there has been an increase in the number of patients who referred to the outpatient dermatology clinics with the complaint
Ecem Bostan, Aysel Cakir
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Evaluation of hair structural abnormalities in children with different neurological diseases [PDF]
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2022 Background. Hair microscopy is a fast and effortless diagnostic method for many diseases affecting hair in daily practice. Many diseases can present with hair shaft disorders in pediatric neurology practice. Methods.
Süleyman Hilmi Sevinç, Sedat Işıkay
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mTOR signaling in hair follicle and hair diseases: recent progress [PDF]
Frontiers in Medicine, 2023 Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway is a major regulator of cell proliferation and metabolism, playing significant roles in proliferation, apoptosis, inflammation, and illness.
Wei Tu +4 more
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Current understanding and treatment of sex hormone-related hair diseases
Dermatologica Sinica, 2023 Hair follicle (HF) growth is regulated by local and systemic environments. Sex hormones, a systemic factor, paradoxically promote and suppress hair growth in different sites of the body, leading to diseases such as hirsutism, androgenetic alopecia, and ...
Tyng-Shiuan Hsieh +3 more
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Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2021 Pattern hair loss (PHL) is the most frequent cause of hair loss in men and women, accounting for 65% of consultations in a hair referral center. PHL is understood to represent a hereditary, age-dependent progressive thinning of the scalp hair, which ...
Ralph M. Trüeb
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Relationship between chronic diseases, hair cortisol concentration and welfare of housed dairy goats
Austral Journal of Veterinary SciencesThe aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between seroprevalence of chronic diseases, hair cortisol concentration (HCC), and welfare of dairy goats housed throughout a productive cycle.
Mayra Sierra Garcia +6 more
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Black women’s hair: the main scalp dermatoses and aesthetic practices in women of African ethnicity [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2015 :Afro-ethnic hair is different from Caucasian and Asian hair and has unique features. Ethnic hair is more prone to certain conditions or diseases. Such diseases are not only related to the fragile inner structure of the hair, but also to the cultural ...
Aline Tanus +4 more
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Biology of human hair: Know your hair to control it [PDF]
, 2011 Hair can be engineered at different levels—its structure and surface—through modification of its constituent molecules, in particular proteins, but also the hair follicle (HF) can be genetically altered, in particular with the advent of siRNA-based ...
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Effects of Natural Polyphenols on Skin and Hair Health: A Review
Molecules, 2022 The skin is the largest organ of the body and plays multiple essential roles, ranging from regulating temperature, preventing infections, to ultimately affecting human health. A hair follicle is a complex cutaneous appendage.
Mang Sun +9 more
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High-Definition Optical Coherence Tomography for the in vivo Detection of Demodex Mites [PDF]
, 2012 Background: Demodex mites are involved in different skin diseases and are commonly detected by skin scrape tests or superficial biopsies. A new high-definition optical coherence tomography (HD-OCT) with high lateral and axial resolution in a horizontal ...
Askin U +15 more
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