February 2024 in “Pediatric Dermatology” A 5-year-old girl with a rare genetic disorder, lipoid proteinosis, showed reduced new lesions but persistent scars after avoiding skin trauma.
January 2026 in “Cosmoderma” A 9-year-old girl has a rare hair disorder causing beaded, sparse hair.
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October 1999 in “PubMed” Understanding genes and mutations can lead to new treatments for hair loss disorders.
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June 2006 in “Pediatric blood & cancer” A 16-year-old boy had pernicious anemia, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, and later developed alopecia areata.
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February 2019 in “The New England Journal of Medicine” Certain mutations in the PADI3 gene may increase the risk of developing a type of scarring hair loss common in women of African descent.
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January 2011 in “Diabetes” People with PCNT mutations often develop severe insulin resistance and early-onset diabetes during childhood or adolescence.
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February 1968 in “Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry” A new test more accurately detects citrulline in hair follicles and pilomatrixomas.
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September 2001 in “PubMed” Acitretin treats severe skin conditions but requires careful monitoring due to serious side effects.
Alpha-ketoglutaric acid may help treat aging and age-related diseases.
January 2025 in “TURKDERM” Alopecia areata incognito in children can be effectively treated with triamcinolone acetonide and supplements, leading to full hair regrowth.
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May 2018 in “Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology” N-acetylcysteine may help treat trichotillomania.
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April 1994 in “Baillière's clinical endocrinology and metabolism” Some people have genetic mutations that make them resistant to vitamin D, leading to rickets even with enough vitamin D intake.
September 2023 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” Dermatologists should consider alpha-gal syndrome in patients with unexplained chronic skin issues.
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July 2022 in “Indian journal of dermatology, venereology, and leprology” Patients with alopecia areata have higher oxidative stress and lower antioxidant levels.
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January 2012 in “Food and chemical toxicology” Ursolic acid can shrink the prostate and lower a hormone linked to prostate growth in rats.
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April 2010 in “Nature” A gene called APCDD1, which controls hair growth, is found to be faulty in a type of hair loss called hereditary hypotrichosis simplex.
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June 2015 in “Australasian Journal of Dermatology” A patient with Cronkhite-Canada syndrome improved with nutritional support and steroids, but early diagnosis is key due to high mortality.
November 2022 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Mitochondrial stress can lead to atopic dermatitis.
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September 2023 in “British journal of dermatology/British journal of dermatology, Supplement” WNT10A gene mutations cause short anagen hair syndrome.
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March 2016 in “Journal of dermatology” Understanding the genetics of rare inherited ichthyosis syndromes is key for better treatments and genetic counseling.
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January 2008 October 2020 in “The American Journal of Gastroenterology” Early diagnosis and treatment of hereditary hemochromatosis can prevent serious complications.
January 2023 in “International Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics” A rare genetic disease causes rickets and often hair loss in young children, which can improve with specific treatments.
1′S-1′-Acetoxychavicol acetate may help treat hair loss by reducing oxidative stress.
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September 2010 in “American Journal of Medical Genetics - Part A” A Turkish family with sparse hair and eyebrow loss has a mutation in the U2HR gene linked to Marie Unna hereditary hypotrichosis.
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November 1995 in “Postgraduate medical journal” A Saudi individual initially identified as a girl had a genetic disorder affecting gender development.
May 2025 in “International Journal of Trichology” Baricitinib may effectively treat sudden hair whitening and regrowth in some cases.
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August 2005 in “Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition” The toddler's health issues were caused by too much vitamin A from supplements.
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January 1989 in “Journal of Small Animal Practice” Abyssinian cats can have a hair abnormality that makes their coat look rough and dull.