OBJECTIVE To provide family physicians with a background understanding of the therapeutic regimens and treatment outcomes for alopecia areata (AA), as well as to help identify those patients for whom dermatologist referral might be required. SOURCES OF INFORMATION PubMed was searched for relevant articles regarding the treatment of AA. MAIN MESSAGE Alopecia areata is a form of autoimmune ha...

PURPOSE To report cases of hair loss with levetiracetam (LEV) in epilepsy patient and summarise their demographic and clinical features. METHOD All patients reported attended the epilepsy outpatient clinic of the West China Hospital, Sichuan University. Demographic and clinical information was obtained from medical records and by interview. All the patients were under regular follow up. RES...

The purpose of the present study was to examine the spatio-temporal pattern of cell proliferation in the chick cochlea in response to the sensory hair cell loss induced by a 1.5 kHz pure tone at 120 dB SPL (1 dB = 20 muPa) for 48 h. DNA replication was evaluated with the bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) pulse-fix technique. One group of birds was given multiple injections of BrdU (50 mg/kg) over a peri...

BACKGROUND Low iron stores are considered a possible cause of chronic diffuse telogen hair loss in women. Estimation of serum ferritin is recommended as part of the initial assessment when women present with chronic diffuse telogen hair loss, and iron supplementation therapy is commonly recommended for those found to have low iron stores. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the relationship between low se...

17-year-old white male complained of scalp problems for the preceding 8 months. Initially he developed a painful lesion, which looked like a blood blister, on the right posterior crown. It was believed to be a wrestling injury and was treated with topical antiseptics. This patient was an expert wrestler and competed frequently. At some point his tinea pedis (athlete’s foot) was treated with ter...