Twenty years ago, there were neither specific treatments available for pattern hair loss nor
full understanding of the pathophysiology of this common disorder. Male pattern hair loss (…

A preliminary observation of high frequency of male pattern hair loss among admitted COVID-19
patients, and suggest that androgen expression might be a clue to COVID-19 severity. …

Oral mycophenolic acid (MPA) therapy has been investigated in the treatment of moderate
to severe psoriasis since the early 1970s and has been found to be both safe and effective. …

Androgenetic alopecia in men, or male pattern baldness, is recognized increasingly as a
physically and psychologically harmful medical condition that can be managed effectively by …

After more than a decade of use, topical minoxidil solution has proven to be a safe and effective
treatment for androgenetic alopecia. However, some patients present with complaints of …

It has been more than 2 decades since the first report of the use of dinitrochlorobenzene to
induce hair growth in 2 patients with alopecia areata. Other topical sensitizers, namely …

Thalidomide, a hypnosedative drug introduced in the 1950s, has been used in a variety of
dermatologic conditions during the past few decades. Although originally withdrawn from the …

In this prospective, open-label pilot study, we evaluated the safety and efficacy of etanercept,
a TNF-α inhibitor, in the treatment of moderate to severe alopecia areata, alopecia totalis, …

Changes in body weight and the incidence of estrogen-related side effects with low-dose oral
contraceptives (OCs) containing 20 μg ethinyl estradiol (EE) have not been demonstrated …

Dear Editor, As the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to infect many more
Americans, a racial disparity in the number of deaths from infection has emerged. On April 7, 2020…