Handbook of hair in health and disease / / edited by Victor R. Preedy.
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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| Superior document: | Human health handbooks, no. 1 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. 2012. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Human health handbooks ;
no. 1. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (476 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.