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Effects of oral minoxidil on nails: a cross‐sectional analysis

Waleed Alsalhi, Betty Nguyen, B. Morrison, E. Gwillim, A. Tosti

International Journal of Dermatology, 2023

74 participants · 5 citations

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References 1 Wiesner T, He J, Yelensky R, Esteve-Puig R, Botton T, Yeh I, et al. Kinase fusions are frequent in Spitz tumours and spitzoid melanomas. Nat Commun. 2014;5:3116. https://doi.org/10.1038/ ncomms4116 2 Kiuru M, Jungbluth A, Kutzner H, Wiesner T, Busam KJ. Spitz tumors: comparison of histological features in relationship to immunohistochemical staining for ALK and NTRK1. Int J Surg Pathol. 2016;24(3):200–6. https://doi.org/10.1177/ 1066896916630375 3 Raghavan SS, Peternel S, Mully TW, North JP, Pincus LB, LeBoit PE, et al. Spitz melanoma is a distinct subset of spitzoid melanoma. Mod Pathol. 2020;33(6):1122–34. https://doi.org/10. 1038/s41379-019-0445-z 4 Yeh I, Busam KJ, McCalmont TH, LeBoit PE, Pissaloux D, Alberti L, et al. Filigree-like rete ridges, lobulated nests, rosettelike structures, and exaggerated maturation characterize spitz tumors with NTRK1 fusion. Am J Surg Pathol. 2019;43(6):737– 46. https://doi.org/10.1097/PAS.0000000000001235 5 Amin SM, Haugh AM, Lee CY, Zhang B, Bubley JA, Merkel EA, et al. A comparison of morphologic andmolecular features of BRAF, ALK, and NTRK1 fusion spitzoid neoplasms.Am JSurg Pathol. 2017;41 (4):491–8. https://doi.org/10.1097/PAS.0000000000000761 Effects of oral minoxidil on nails: a crosssectional analysis Dear Editor, Oral minoxidil, first introduced in the 1970s as a treatment for severe hypertension due to its vasodilatory effects, has been increasingly utilized in treating alopecia. Two reports have found that topical…

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