Trends in Human Hair Growth and Alopecia Research

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Embryogenesis of the hair follicle and hair cycle....Pages 3-10
Keratin expression in the human hair follicle....Pages 11-27
The mammalian tongue filiform papillae: a theoretical model for primitive hairs....Pages 29-34
Comparative electrophoretic analysis of sulfur containing proteins of hair bulb, keratogenous zone and hair shaft....Pages 35-42
Four murine monoclonal antibodies specific for the inner root sheath in the human hair follicle....Pages 43-52
The dermo-epithelial interaction and the hair follicle....Pages 53-56
Isolation, culture and in vitro behavior of cells isolated from papillae of human hair follicles....Pages 57-66
A new in vitro culture system to produce a fully differentiated epidermis from human hair follicle outer root sheath cells....Pages 67-73
Non-keratinocyte cells in hair follicles (with special emphasis to human hair follicles)....Pages 75-87
The human hair follicle: a target for androgens....Pages 89-98
Effects of testosterone, dihydrotestosterone and estradiol on the growth behavior of cultured hair bulb papilla cells and root sheath fibroblasts....Pages 99-104
Pharmacological aspects of hair follicle growth....Pages 105-116
Human hair follicle grafts onto nude mice: morphological study....Pages 117-131
On the behavior of dye ions in an isotachophoresis boundary: application to the mitosis mechanism....Pages 133-140
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
Dynamic exploration of hair growth: critical review of methods available and their usefulness in the clinical trial protocol....Pages 143-154
Phototrichogram analysis: technical aspects and problems in relation to automated quantitative evaluation of hair growth by computer-assisted image analysis....Pages 155-165
PIXE microanalysis in green hair....Pages 167-171
Office diagnosis of pathological changes of hair cuticular cell pattern....Pages 173-179
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Clinical symptoms associated with trichothiodystrophy: a review of the literature with special emphasis on light sensitivity and the association with xeroderma pigmentosum (complementation group D)....Pages 183-193
High-sulfur protein deficient human hair: clinical aspects and biochemical study of two unreported cases of a variant type of trichothiodystrophy....Pages 195-206
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The effect of cyproterone acetate on hair roots and hair shaft diameter in androgenetic alopecia in females....Pages 207-213
Androgenetic alopecia: some thoughts and views about its topical treatment....Pages 215-218
Effects of a topical preparation on some hair growth parameters, evaluated utilizing a morphometric computerized analysis....Pages 219-230
A double-blind, placebo-controlled study with Kevis lotion....Pages 231-245
Topical minoxidil used before and after hair transplantation surgery....Pages 247-255
Clinical and macrophotographic study of the percutaneous implantation of synthetic hair (Nido SHI)....Pages 257-265
Patch testing procedures in patients suffering from suspected allergic contact dermatitis to minoxidil....Pages 267-271
Histopathology of alopecia areata: the relation with clinical parameters and response to a topical sensitizer....Pages 273-281
In situ immunophenotyping of follicular keratinocytes in alopecia areata....Pages 283-289
Expression of Langerhans cell antigens in the hair follicles in alopecia areata....Pages 291-297
Analysis of T cell, activated T cell and NK cell subsets in peripheral blood lymphocytes from patients with alopecia areata....Pages 299-304
Mutagenic evaluation of SADBE in human lymphocytes....Pages 305-311
Treatment of severe alopecia areata by topical applications of cyclosporin A: comparative trial versus placebo in 43 patients....Pages 313-315
Anatomo-clinical illustration of a hair-follicle nevus....Pages 317-320
Headgear induced traumatic alopecia during orthodontic treatment....Pages 321-324
Back Matter....Pages 325-330