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YKL-40 a sensitive biomarker for early androgenetic alopecia and early hidden metabolic syndrome

Doaa M Elhabak, Walid A Abdel Halim

Background: Androgenetic alopecia (AGA) is a common dermatological problem, Does the onset of the AGA matters in the general health? YKL 40 may have role in the pathogenesis of early AGA and ...

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Scalp hair whorl patterns in patients affected by Neurofibromatosis Type 1: A case-control study

Andrea Sechi, Iria Neri, Annalisa Patrizi, Michela Starace, Francesco Savoia, Miriam Leuzzi, Raffaele Dante Caposiena Caro, Bianca Maria Piraccini

Background: The hair whorl denotes the spiral disposition of hairs around an axis, which is determined by the follicle growing direction. Atypical variants of scalp hair patterns, identified ...

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Value of CD123 immunohistochemistry and elastic staining in differentiating discoid lupus erythematosus from lichen planopilaris

Fatemeh Sari Aslani, Mozhdeh Sepaskhah, Zahra Bagheri, Mojgan Akbarzadeh-Jahromi

Background: Differentiating scarring alopecia secondary to lichen planopilaris (LPP) and discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) has always been a challenge clinically and pathologically. Plasmacyt...

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Scientific Abstracts

15th Annual Meeting of the European Hair Research Society on July 6-9, 2011,
Jerusalem, Israel

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