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Aldara as a Treatment for Alopecia Areata?

Alopecia areata is a relatively common, non-scarring type of hair loss. The pathophysiology of alopecia areata is still unclear, but an autoimmune mechanism is the…

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Four Year Alopecia Areata Totalis Universalis Study

To evaluate the clinical manifestations and the effects of treatment we performed clinical study of 532 patients with alopecia areata (including Alopecia…

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Alopecia Areata in Children – Can Stress be a Cause?

These results suggest that alopecia in children was predominantly developed in primary school students, the eldest sibling, children with atopic dermatitis or…

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Rogaine as a Treatment for Alopecia Areata?

The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of use of rogaine in treating Alopecia Areata patients under the age of 18 years. This survey of clinicians was…

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Using Sophora Root Extract to Treat Hair Loss?

In the course of screening plant extracts for anagen elongation activity, the extract of dried roots of Sophora Flavescens Aiton (SRE), was found to ossess potent anagen elongation activity…

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Ethanol Extracts as Hair Growth Stimulants?

150 subjects of male pattern alopecia were treated with HEM-13/HDC twice a day for 6 months and subjective and objective clinical symptoms were assessed. Objective symptom was assessed…

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Effect of Minoxidil on Apoptosis in Dermal Papilla Cells

In this study we investigate whether minoxidil promotes proliferation and inhibits apoptosis in cultured human dermal papilla cell. We used MTT assay to evaluate the…

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A Review of the FDA Propecia Clinical Trials

Three double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled studies were conducted in 1879 men ages 18 to 41 years with mild to moderate hair loss. Two of the studies enrolled men with…

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Minoxidil Hair Growth Inhibited by Potassium Blocker

Although potassium channel openers such as minoxidil promote hair growth in vivo, the mechanisms by which they do so are unclear. Using a red deer whole hair follicle culture system we…

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Does Rogaine Work for Guys Under 18?

The use of minoxidil topical solution (MTS) for the treatment of androgenetic alopecia (AGA) in patients less than 18 years of age has not been previously characterized. The objective of this study was to…

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