Handbook of hair in health and disease

Hair is a major component of the body's tissue system that contributes to the individual's make up and confers a large degree of personal identity. Apart from its visible façade, hair also has a functional role. It has an unique structure and complex molecular development. The very nature...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Preedy, Victor R. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Wageningen : Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2012.
Σειρά:Human Health Handbooks no. 1 ; 1
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • General introduction and overviews
  • 1. Hair in health and disease: an introduction
  • 2. The color of human hair
  • 3. Hair loss in the elderly
  • 4. Hair loss in women
  • 5. Male androgenetic alopecia
  • 6. Excess hair growth
  • 7. Ethnopharmacology and hair: Indian perspectives
  • 8. Neonatal hair analysis to reveal gestational exposure to drugs
  • Molecular and cellular biology and hair
  • 9. Plucked hair: how to get stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells for future clinical Applications
  • 10. Alopecia areata and chemokine
  • 11. Natural and unnatural hair loss as detected in the forensic context
  • Dietary toxicity and pathological history
  • 12. Arsenic in the hair
  • 13. Ethyl glucuronide in hair and alcohol misuse
  • 14. Hair mineral analysis in the assessment of human exposure to metals
  • 15. Potentially toxic elements, pollution and hair
  • 16. Natural radionuclides in human hair
  • 17. Stable isotope ratio analysis in human hair
  • Diseases of hair and treatments
  • 18. Head lice and their control: a never-ending story ...
  • 19. Low-level light therapy and hair loss
  • 20. Chemotherapy-induced hair loss
  • 21. MSH peptides and applications to treatment of hair
  • Shampoos and conditioners
  • 22. Shampoo compositions
  • 23. Shampoo in the treatment of scalp psoriasis
  • 24. Lipohydroxy acid containing shampoo in the treatment of scalp seborrheic dermatitis
  • Index
  • About the editor.