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Autoimmune Disease and Hair Loss

Dermatologic Clinics, 2013
Once systemic disease is in remission, it is prudent to recognize the importance of alopecia in the patient's overall sense of well-being and quality-of-life clinical outcome. Scarring alopecia (scalp discoid lupus erythematosus) can be the presenting manifestation of lupus in more than half of affected individuals.
Siamak, Moghadam-Kia, Andrew G, Franks
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Diseases of Hair

2000
Hairs have little biological value in humans. Probably their main function today is as a sensory organ, measuring fine touch. If one simply tries to move an individual hair, the incredible sensitivity of the hair as a sensory organ will be noticed. In many individuals, the scalp hairs protect against sunburn and perhaps provide some insulation. But for
Otto Braun-Falco, Gerd Plewig, Helmut H. Wolff, Walter H. C. Burgdorf   +3 more
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Psychological aspects of hair disease

Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, 2005
SummaryBalding men are viewed as less desirable in a physical, personal, and social sense. Given the stereotype, it is not surprising that some men with androgenetic alopecia (AGA) appear to have a lower self‐image, depression resulting in increased introversion, and increased feelings of unattractiveness.Ours is a culture that places a premium on ...
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Hair Manifestations of Systemic Disease

Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care, 2012
The leading hair signs of nutrition-related disorders are thin hair, dyspigmentation (specifically lightening), alopecia, and decurling and brittle hair. Eighty percent of children with kwashiorkor or marasmus have at least one hair sign, and hypopigmentation and thinning are most common.
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MENKES' STEELY-HAIR (KINKY-HAIR) DISEASE

The Lancet, 1973
D M, Danks, E, Cartwright, B J, Stevens
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Menkes Kinky Hair Disease

MCN, The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, 1994
L A, Martin, A, McNemar, E L, O'Brien
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Alterations of the Hair Follicle in Hair Diseases

1981
Hair diseases can be divided into those that lead to deformed hairs, with possible loss through breakage, and into the true alopecias in which hair is lost completely, either temporarily or permanently. In either case, microscopic changes of the hair follicle may be expected (Pinkus and Mehregan 1976).
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Hair and Hair Diseases

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1992
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Kinky hair disease

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, 1978
M.M. Nazif, Harvey H. Frankel, Jocyline Medina   +2 more
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Functional hair follicle regeneration: an updated review

Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2021
Xiaobing Fu
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