Aims: Alopecia areata is a non-scarring autoimmune disease, quite frequent in the pediatric population. Trichoscopy plays fundamental role its diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutic evaluation. Our objective was to describe trichoscopic signs of alopecia children while showing most population their correlation with disease activity.
 Study Design: Retrospective descriptive study.
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Dermoscopy is a non-invasive tool that is widely recognized and used in the diagnosis of pigmented and non-pigmented skin tumors [1,2]. In recent years, dermoscopy has been used for other dermatologic diseases including psoriasis, lichen planus, alopecia, and skin infestations [1,2]. Lichen planus (LP) is an acute or chronic inflammatory skin disorder characterized by discrete, violaceous, poly...

Androgenetic alopecia is considered to be associated with coronary heart disease but the explanation of this association remains unknown. Hypertension is highly prevalent in patients with coronary heart disease. Essential hypertension is linked to hyperaldosteronism and spironolactone, an antihypertensive drug which is a mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist, has been used for a long time in th...

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f.r.c.s. Eng.; Medical Officer, Christs Hospital, London. Fourth Edition, 8vo. Pp. 327. Price 10s. 6d (H. K. Lewis, London.) This valuable monograph, on a subject of the first importance to Medical Officers of large Schools as well as to the general practitioner, has been entirely rewritten in the light of the latest available knowledge of the parasitology of the subject. Its bulk has grown con...

Androgenic alopecia as a physiologic process and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) as a pathologic process in the older population are androgen-dependent processes influenced by 5-alpha reductase enzyme which converts testosterone to dihydrotestosterone. This cross sectional study was done to evaluate the relationship between androgenic alopecia and BPH. 150 men older than 50 years old, who pr...

Introduction: Trichodynia refers to pain, discomfort or paresthesia of the scalp. It is a very common, relatively new and usually under diagnosed entity. It is frequently related with diseases of hair loss like Telogen Effluvium, Alopecia Areata and Androgenic Alopecia. Methodology: 300 subjects were recruited after taking written informed consent for study, including 100 cases of Androgenic Al...

Barbering (incessant grooming) is an abnormal behavior causing alopecia and commonly affects various strains of laboratory mice, including C57BL/6J. Barbering-induced alopecia is a potential symptom of brain impairment and can indicate a stressful environment. We compared alopecia prevalence and severity in mice housed in enriched or standard cages. Providing an enriched environment delayed the...

Alopecia areata is a chronic relapsing autoimmune disease characterized by local or diffuse non-scarring hair loss. Statistically, 0.2% of people worldwide are affected alopecia and 1.7% were diagnosed with it at some point in life. The incidence children has been rapidly increasing recent years.
 main role pathogenesis belongs to the loss immune privilege due influence genetics various ex...