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Trichotillomania as a Manifestation of Dementia
Case Reports in Psychiatry, 2016 Pathological hair-pulling or trichotillomania, which is commonly associated with anxiety and depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and neurodevelopmental disorders, has been rarely associated with dementing illnesses.
Pongsatorn Paholpak, Mario F. Mendez
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Sleep quality and its clinical associations in trichotillomania and skin picking disorder
Comprehensive Psychiatry, 2021 Background: Trichotillomania (TTM) is characterized by recurrent hair pulling and associated hair loss. Skin picking disorder (SPD) is characterized by recurrent skin picking and associated scarring or tissue damage.
Elizabeth Cavic +3 more
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Common Dermatoses in Patients with Obsessive Compulsive Disorders [PDF]
, 2015 Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a chronic, debilitating syndrome, consisting of intrusive thoughts- which are experienced as inappropriate by the patient and are producing anxiety- and compulsions, defined as repetitive behaviours produced to reduce ...
Benea, Vasile +4 more
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Dramatic Improvement of Trichotillomania with 6 Months of Treatment With N-Acetylcysteine
Global Pediatric Health, 2022 We present a case of a 17-year-old male with recurrent hair twirling resulting in patchy alopecia, who improved dramatically on N-acetylcysteine (NAC). Trichotillomania is characterized by repetitive hair pulling, twisting, or twirling and can vary from ...
Lilia Popova BS, BA, Jennifer Mancuso MD
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Effects of plasma membrane cholesterol level and cytoskeleton F-actin on cell protrusion mechanics. [PDF]
, 2013 Protrusions are deformations that form at the surface of living cells during biological activities such as cell migration. Using combined optical tweezers and fluorescent microscopy, we quantified the mechanical properties of protrusions in adherent ...
Anvari, Bahman +3 more
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Evaluating Shaver Sharpness by Measuring the Pulling Force on Artificial Hair
Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design, Systems, and Manufacturing, 2007 Demands for shaver blade durability are constantly increasing. Current blades are processed with a variety of coatings, and evaluating the resultant sharpness has become important. When whiskers are cut with a shaver, the blades are known to draw out the
Takayuki TOKOROYAMA +2 more
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Striatal abnormalities in trichotillomania: a multi-site MRI analysis. [PDF]
, 2018 Trichotillomania (hair-pulling disorder) is characterized by the repetitive pulling out of one's own hair, and is classified as an Obsessive-Compulsive Related Disorder.
Chamberlain, Samuel R +6 more
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A FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF HAIR PULLING [PDF]
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1999 We experimentally assessed the functions of hair pulling and hair manipulation of a 19‐year‐old woman (Kris) with moderate mental retardation and cerebral palsy. In Phase 1 a functional analysis revealed that Kris pulled and manipulated hair for the greatest amount of time in the alone condition, suggesting that the behaviors were maintained by some ...
J T, Rapp +4 more
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Hair loss in an infant presenting with failure to thrive
SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2021 An 11-month-old male child with a complex past medical history presented for admission due to failure to thrive. He had hair loss throughout his scalp, and his abdomen was distended. There was parental report of hair pulling and hair in his stool.
Baninder Kaur Baidwan, Cara J Haberman
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Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.The study investigates novel semi‐finished products made of unidirectionally arranged hemp or pineapple leaf fiber‐reinforced composites produced from different matrices. The materials are analyzed in terms of their mechanical and interfacial properties and void content.
Nina Graupner +22 more
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