Hair and Hair Diseases

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XV

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2. Embryology of the Hair Follicle

   • F. Serri, D. Cerimele

   Pages 1-17

3. The Dermal Papilla and the Growth of Hair

   • C. A. B. Jahoda, R. F. Oliver

   Pages 19-44

4. Hair Keratin

   • H. P. Baden

   Pages 45-71

5. The Growing Anagen Hair

   • B. Forslind

   Pages 73-97

6. Catagen and Telogen Phases of the Growth Cycle

   • P. F. Parakkal

   Pages 99-116

7. Innervation and Vasculature of the Hair Follicle

   • K. Hashimoto, M. Ito, Y. Suzuki

   Pages 117-147

8. Specific Nerve Endings in Vellus Hair, Guard Hair, and Sinus Hair

   • Z. Halata

   Pages 149-164

9. Hair Melanin and Hair Color

   • J. P. Césarini

   Pages 165-197

10. Non-human Hair

    • R. E. Chapman

    Pages 199-236

11. Measurements of Hair Growth Under Physiological Conditions

    • V. Pecoraro, I. P. L. Astore

    Pages 237-254

12. Glycosaminoglycan Metabolism

    • H. W. Kreysel, H. P. Nissen

    Pages 255-265

13. The Hormonal Control of Hair Growth

    • F. J. G. Ebling

    Pages 267-299

14. Cultivation of Human Hair Follicle Cells

    • F. M. Schaart, A. Mayer-da-Silva, C. E. Orfanos

    Pages 301-324

15. Genetic Defects Involving the Hair

    • R. Happle

    Pages 325-362

16. Structural Anomalies of the Hair Shaft

    • V. H. Price

    Pages 363-422

17. Monilethrix and Pseudo-Monilethrix

    • B. Bentley-Phillips

    Pages 423-441

18. Hypomelanotic Hair Disorders

    • Y. Hori, M. Seiji

    Pages 443-466

19. Androgenetic Alopecia: Pathophysiological Aspects in Man and Animals

    • I. Takashima

    Pages 467-484

20. Androgenetic Alopecia: Clinical Aspects and Treatment

    • C. E. Orfanos

    Pages 485-527

Hair is the subject of this book, including the anatomy of the hair follicle, developmental stages, analyzed by light and electron microscopy, hair ultrastructure, nerve and blood supply, specialized hairs and hair organs, and a review of the present techniques to cultivate hair follicle cells in vitro. In the clinical part several chapters describe the most important diseases and possibilities for treatment. Hair care products and their toxicology are the subject of further sections. Extensive reviews of the antiandrogens, a most important group of drugs influencing hair growth, and of their clinical use in conditions such as androgenetic alopecias and hirsutism are included as well. Finally, surgical techniques for hair transplantation are discussed. This book is a standard textbook for everything pertaining to hair under normal and pathological conditions.

• Alopezie
• Dermatitis
• Haar
• Haarausfall
• Haarkrankheiten
• Haarpflege
• Haarpflegemittel-Toxizität
• Haartransplantation
• Haarwachstum
• blood
• cosmetics
• infection
• psoriasis
• skin
• surgical technique

• Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center Steglitz, The Free University of Berlin, Berlin, FR Germany

  Constantin E. Orfanos

• Department of Dermatology, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

  Rudolf Happle

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