Hair loss is not a common feature of secondary syphilis. There are two types of syphilitic alopecia: “symptomatic” type where hair loss is associated with other symptoms of secondary syphilis, and “essential” alopecia that is either patchy (“moth-eaten” type), diffuse pattern with a generalized thinning of the scalp hair, or a combination of both without any other mucocutaneous signs of syphili...

In mammals, hair cell loss causes irreversible hearing and balance impairment because hair cells are terminally differentiated and do not regenerate spontaneously. By profiling gene expression in developing mouse vestibular organs, we identified the retinoblastoma protein (pRb) as a candidate regulator of cell cycle exit in hair cells. Differentiated and functional mouse hair cells with a targe...

Accumulation of excess glutamate plays a central role in eliciting the pathological events that follow intensely loud noise exposures and ischemia-reperfusion injury. Glutamate excitotoxicity has been characterized in cochlear nerve terminals, but much less is known about whether excess glutamate signaling also contributes to pathological changes in sensory hair cells. I therefore examined whet...

The authors of the above-mentioned paper would like to make the following adjustments to their article. In the ‘‘Results’’ section of the Abstract, the final line should read ‘Hair resistance to traction was increased by 29.6% and 46.8%, respectively.’ In ‘‘Discussion’’, the final line should read ‘Correspondingly, the treatment decreased hair loss and increased hair resistance to traction, dem...

Hair loss is a rare side effect of psychotropic drugs. The most related drug class with this side effect is the mood stabilizers. Studies reporting the sertraline-induced alopecia are limited in number. Sertraline is a potent antidepressant which inhibits the serotonin reuptake from the presynaptic terminals selectively. The reason for hair loss could not be elucidated completely. Psychotropic ...

9038 Background: Survivors of childhood cancer are at risk for a host of chronic and often debilitating medical conditions. Less studied and understood late effects are treatment-related scarring, disfigurement and persistent hair loss, and their impact on the survivor's health related quality of life. METHODS The prevalence of bodily scarring and persistent hair loss was examined in 14,358 s...

85 Transient hair loss is characterized as localized hair loss without scar formation. Hair loss can be in a localized part of the occipital area that develops 2–3 weeks after long-lasting surgery. Ischemic changes in the scalp exposed to pressure during long-term surgery are blamed for the hair loss. Its first signs are tenderness, swelling, and ulceration in the area subjected to pressure. In...

Alopecia in women is often overlooked as a major cosmetic problem. For women with hair loss, the psychological effects are often more severe than for men. Advances in modern hair transplantation have allowed successful hair restoration in many cases of female alopecia that might not have been possible to treat with older techniques. A classification of female hair loss patterns into 5 different...