January 2026 in “Clinical Case Reports” A 6-year-old girl had both monilethrix and trichorrhexis nodosa, causing brittle hair, with minimal improvement from treatment.
January 2026 in “Forum Dermatologicum” Thorough hair examination is crucial for accurate diagnosis and treatment.
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August 2015 in “The Italian Journal of Pediatrics/Italian journal of pediatrics” Excessive body hair can signal complex health issues.
December 2023 in “Journal of dermatology” The study concluded that key signs of Keratosis follicularis spinulosa decalvans are changes in terminal hair and vellus hair follicles, which likely start the inflammation and damage to hair follicles.
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September 2023 in “Frontiers in Genetics” A heterozygous mutation in HTRA1 can cause severe CARASIL symptoms.
January 2026 in “Frontiers in Medicine” A child has a rare hair and skin disorder due to specific gene variants, suggesting broader genetic testing is needed.
November 2024 in “JAAD Case Reports” A 21-month-old boy has a rare genetic disorder causing sparse hair due to an LSS gene mutation.
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December 2003 in “Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine” The nodule was a benign cutaneous lymphadenoma, not cancer, and was successfully removed.
February 2023 in “Cosmoderma” An infant with complete hair loss was diagnosed with a genetic disorder affecting hair growth.
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August 2018 in “The American Journal of Dermatopathology” Researchers found a new early sign of Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia that could help avoid misdiagnosis.
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June 2018 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” Genes linked to fibrosis are more active in people with central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia.
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January 2014 in “Indian Journal of Paediatric Dermatology” Congenital atrichia with papular lesions causes permanent hair loss and skin bumps from birth.
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July 2022 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” Tofacitinib helps improve skin conditions in people with Down syndrome, especially alopecia areata.
April 2017 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” A virus protein can activate a pathway that may lead to abnormal hair follicle development.
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December 2021 in “Dermatology” Trichoscopy can help diagnose and assess disease activity in connective tissue diseases by identifying specific hair and scalp signs.
June 2026 in “British Journal of Dermatology” Hair transplants may trigger frontal fibrosing alopecia.
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January 2011 in “Indian journal of dermatology, venereology, and leprology” A rare genetic skin condition usually affecting males was found in a 9-year-old girl.
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January 1989 in “The Nishinihon Journal of Dermatology” A hair cyst can become cancerous, showing specific keratins from the hair sheath.
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August 2013 in “Chinese Medical Journal” A specific gene mutation in KRT86 is linked to hair disorder in a Chinese Han family.
March 2024 in “Residência Pediátrica” An infant developed excessive hair growth after a bone marrow transplant and cyclosporine treatment.
January 2025 in “International Journal of Trichology” Increased hair growth after a cast is temporary and harmless.
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June 2019 in “Transplant infectious disease” The virus linked to a rare disease was found in a patient's blood and urine before skin symptoms appeared.
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September 2018 in “The journal of allergy and clinical immunology/Journal of allergy and clinical immunology/The journal of allergy and clinical immunology” A boy's growth and immune problems were caused by a new mutation in the STAT5B gene.
A TNFAIP3 gene mutation can cause unusual and varied symptoms of lupus and Sjogren's syndrome.
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January 2017 in “Przegla̧d dermatologiczny” Two trichoscopic patterns found in hair loss: diffuse fibrotic and androgenetic alopecia, affecting treatment choice and regrowth chances.
June 2021 in “International journal of research in dermatology” A boy and his father with hereditary hypotrichosis simplex were treated for hair loss, but the treatment result is unknown.
January 2017 in “프로그램북(구 초록집)” Iron deficiency anemia can cause hair breakage.
A neck lesion misdiagnosed as benign was later treated successfully with Mohs Micrographic Surgery.
Giant axonal neuropathy changes the structure of keratin in human hair, making it stiffer and stronger.
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August 2011 in “Dermatology Reports” Two siblings were found to have a genetic condition causing progressive hair loss and woolly hair, which may often be misdiagnosed.