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December 2015 in “Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia” Permanent hair loss after bone marrow transplant can be caused by chemotherapy or chronic graft-versus-host disease.
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April 2025 in “Journal of Clinical Epidemiology” Non-blinded assessors tend to overestimate effects in trials by about 29%.
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June 2018 in “Clinical and Experimental Dermatology” Permanent hair loss after a stem cell transplant can be a sign of chronic immune system attack on the scalp.
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January 2019 in “Skin appendage disorders” A woman's sudden hair loss three years after a bone marrow transplant was a sign of chronic graft-versus-host disease but improved with treatment.
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