Australian Hair & Scalp Foundation

Activities and publications in relation to the Australian Hair and Scalp Foundation

Publications

  1. Sinclair R. Chronic telogen effluvium: a study of 5 patients over 7 years.J Am Acad Dermatol.  2005;52:S12-16
     Sinclair R, Wewerinke M, Jolley D.  Treatment of Female Pattern Hair loss with Oral Antiandrogens.  Br J Dermatol 2005 Mar;152:466-73.
  2. Sinclair R, Magee J, Chapman A.  The lack of significant changes in scalp hair follicle density with advancing age.  Br J Dermatol. 2005 Apr;152:646-9
  3. Sinclair R. Male Androgenetic Alopecia  (Part II). The Journal of Men's Health & Gender 2005; 2:38-44.
    Cahill J, Sinclair R. Cutaneous manifestations of systemic disease. Aust Fam Physician. 2005; 34: 335-40
  4. Chamberlain AJ, Lee AY, Sinclair RD. Simple modification to the punch biopsy technique to minimize handling and crush artefact. Aus j Dermatol 2005;46;282-283
  5. Gan D, Sinclair R.  Prevalence of Male and Female Pattern Hair Loss in Maryborough. JID. 2005;10(3):184-9
  6. Yip L McCluskey J, Sinclair R.  Immunological aspects of pregnancy.  Clinics in Dermatology. 2006; 24:84-87.
  7. Padilha MHVQ, Saconato H, Sinclair R, Soares CR. Non-surgical interventions for androgenetic alopecia in men. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2006/2
  8. Yip L, Sinclair R.  Antiandrogen therapy for androgenetic alopecia.  Expert Rev. Dermatol. 2006: 1:261-269
    Messenger AG, Sinclair R. Follicular miniaturization in female pattern hair loss: clinicopathological correlations British Journal of Dermatology 2006; 155:926-930
  9. Rodney Sinclair, Karen Greenland, Sylvia van Egmond, Carlijn Hoedemaker, Adam Chapman, Jeffrey Zajac Men with Kennedy’s Disease Have a Reduced Risk of Androgenetic Alopecia.  2007 Aug;157(2): 290-4.  DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2007.08026.x
  10. Dinh QQ, Sinclair R.  Female pattern hair loss: Current treatment concepts Clinical Interventions in Aging 2007; 2:189-199.
  11. Yip L, Sinclair R.  Form Skin to Stem Cells.  Are we onto something big?  Expert Reviews in Dermatology 2007;2:539-542
  12. Wilanowski T, Caddy J, Ting SB, Hislop NR, Cerruti L, Auden A, Zhao LL, Asquith S, Ellis S, Sinclair R, Cunningham JM, Jane SM.Perturbed desmosomal cadherin expression in grainy head-like 1-null mice.  EMBO J. 2008 Mar 19;27(6):886-97. Epub 2008 Feb 21.
  13. Sinclair RD.  Healthy hair: what is it?  J Investig Dermatol Symp Proc. 2007 Dec;12(2):2-5.
    Ellis JA, Sinclair RD. Male pattern baldness: current treatments, future prospects. Drug Discov Today. 2008 Sep;13(17-18):791-7. Epub 2008 Jul 24.
  14. Harries MJ, Sinclair RD, Macdonald-Hull S, Whiting DA, Griffiths CE, Paus R. Management of primary cicatricial alopecias: options for treatment. Br J Dermatol. 2008 Jul;159(1):1-22. Epub 2008 Jul 1.
  15. Yip L, Horev L, Sinclair R, Zlotogorski A. Atrichia with papular lesions: a report of three novel human hairless gene mutations and a revision of diagnostic criteria.  Acta Derm Venereol. 2008;88(4): 346-9.
  16. Yazdabadi A, Magee J, Harrison S, Sinclair R. The Ludwig pattern of androgenetic alopecia is due to a hierarchy of androgen sensitivity within follicular units that leads to selective miniaturization and a reduction in the number of terminal hairs per follicular unit.  Br J Dermatol. 2008 Sep 15.
  17. Meyer KC, Klatte JE, Dinh HV, Harries MJ, Reithmayer K, Sinclair R, Paus R.  Evidence that the bulge region is a site of relative immune privilege in human hair follicles. Br J Dermatol. 2008 Sep 15. 

Abstracts and Case Reports

  1. Green J, Fitzpatrick E, de Berker D, Forresst S, Sinclair R.  A gene for pili annulati maps to the telomeric region of chromosome 12Q.  Aus J Dermatol. 2005;46:A3
  2.  Biondo S, Collins FE, Sinclair R.  Halo: evaluation of a group psycho-educationl programme for women with female pattern hair loss.  Aus J Dermatol. 2005;46:A6
  3. Collins FE, Biondo S, Sinclair R.  From consultation to compliance:  Factors affecting adherence to treatment for female pattern hair loss.  Aus J Dermatol. 2005;46:A6-A7
  4. Sinclair R.  Female hair loss: A simple approach to diagnosis and treatment.  Aus J Dermatol. 2005;46:A12
  5.  Sinclair R, Chapman A, Magee J.  Age-related changes in scalp hair follicle number.  Aus J Dermatol. 2005;46:A24
  6. Messenger A, Sinclair R.  Follicular miniaturisation in female pattern hair loss:  clinico-pathological correlations.  Aus J Dermatol. 2005;46:A25
  7. Sinclair R, Gan D.  The epidemiology of androgenetic alopecia.  Aus J Dermatol. 2005;46:A1-A25
  8. Sinclair R. Wewerinke M, Jolley D.  Treatment of female pattern hair loss with oral antiandrogens.  Aus J Dermatol. 2005;46:A26
  9.  Sinclair R. Female pattern Hair Loss and It’s Relationship to Androgenetic Alopecia.  Dermatology 2005;211:6.
  10. Sinclair R. Iron Supplementation for unexplained Hair Loss in Non-Anaemic Women: Contra. Dermatology 2005;211:7.
  11. Collins F, Biondo S, Sinclair R. From Consultation to Complience: Factors Affecting Adherence to Treatment for Female Pattern hair Loss. Dermatology 2005;211:28.
  12. Biondo S, Collins F, Sinclair R. Halo: Evaluation of a Group Educational Program for Women with Female Pattern hair loss. Dermatology 2005;211:18.
  13. Rodney Sinclair, Karen Greenland, Sylvia van Egmond, Carlijn Hoedemaker, Adam Chapman, Jeffrey Zajac Men with Kennedy’s Disease Have a Reduced Risk of Androgenetic Alopecia. Aus J Dermatol 2007:48; A25
  14. McPherson M, Simpson K, Woodgyer A, Chong AH. High prevalence of tinea capitis in newly arrived migrants in an English language school, Melbourne 2005. Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 2007, 48 (Suppl.1), A29.
  15. Yip L, Mason G, Pohl M, Sinclair R. Successful surgical management of lipoedematous alopecia.Australas J Dermatol. 2008 Feb;49(1):52-4.
  16. Hope V Dinh, Rodney Sinclair, Jennifer Martinick Long-term hair repigmentation following a hair transplant for frontal scarring alopecia Australasian Journal of Dermatology (2007) 48 (4), 236–238.
  17. Dinh HV, Sinclair RD, Martinick J.Donor site dominance in action: transplanted hairs retain their original pigmentation long term. Dermatol Surg. 2008 Aug;34(8):1108-11. Epub 2008 May 28.
  18. Yip L, Ryan A, Sinclair R. Squamous cell carcinoma arising within folliculitis decalvans. Br J Dermatol. 2008 Aug;159(2):481-2. Epub 2008 May 28. No abstract available.

Correspondence

  1. Rodney Sinclair: Faculty of 1000 Medicine, 21 Sep 2006 http://www.f1000medicine.com/article/id/13748/dissent
  2. Rodney Sinclair: Faculty of 1000 Medicine, 8 Feb 2007 http://www.f1000medicine.com/article/id/1057745/evaluation

Books and Book Chapters

  1. Collins F, Biondo S, Sinclair R.  Bad hair Day.  Lothian Books. Melbourne,  2005 
  2. Price C, Sinclair R.  Fast Facts-Minor Surgery. Health Press Limited.  Oxford 2nd edition 2008.
  3. Sinclair R, Thai KE. Androgenetic Alopecia. . In Lebwohl MG, Heymann WR, Berth-Jones J, Coulson I. Eds Treatment of Skin Disease. Comprehensive therapeutic strategies. 2nd Edition. Mosby Elsevier. London. 2006. p 38-40.
  4. Sinclair RD, Dinh H. Androgenetic Alopecia. In de Groot L. Ed. Endotext. 2007
  5. Dinh HV, Sinclair RD, Green J. Hair Shaft Disorders. In: McMichael A & Hordinsky M. (Eds) Hair and Scalp Diseases - Medical Surgical and Cosmetic Treatments. Informa Healthcare. (Chong AH, Holmes C. Transplant Dermatology Clinics in press)
  6. Sinclair R, Tai JY.  Disorders of the Scalp.  Hair Growth and Disorders.  Ulricke Blume Peytavi, Antonella Tosti, David Whiting, Ralph Trueb eds.  Springer.  Berlin. 2008.

Posters

  1. 2nd Boden Conference on 'Epithelial Stem Cells and Cutaneous Regeneration', QLD 2006 Dinh HV, Meyer KC, McCluskey J, Sinclair RD, Paus R.- Differences in MHC expression between follicular and epidermal melanocytes.
  2. Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian College of Dermatologists, Adelaide 2007 Rodney Sinclair, Karen Greenland, Sylvia van Egmond, Carlijn Hoedemaker, Adam Chapman, Jeffrey Zajac Men with Kennedy’s Disease Have a Reduced Risk of Androgenetic Alopecia.
  3. Australasian Society for Dermatology Research Meeting, Adelaide 2007. Dinh HV, Sinclair RD, Martinick J.- Long-term hair repigmentation following a hair transplant for frontal scarring alopecia.
  4. Australasian Society for Dermatology Research Meeting, Adelaide 2007 Hope Dinh, Rodney Sinclair, Jennifer Martinick. Donor site dominance in action: transplanted hairs retain their original hair pigmentation long term
  5.  5th International Congress on hair Research, Vancouver 2007. Rodney Sinclair, Karen Greenland, Sylvia van Egmond, Carlijn Hoedemaker, Adam Chapman, Jeffrey Zajac Men with Kennedy Disease have a reduced risk of androgenetic alopecia.
  6. 5th International Congress on hair Research, Vancouver 2007. Rodney Sinclair, Julia Huyn, Sylvia van Egmond, Carlijn Hoedemaker, Adam Chapman, Female Pattern Hair Loss in Twins
  7. 5th International Congress on hair Research, Vancouver 2007. Leona Yip, Stephen Harrap, Rodney Sinclair, Justine Ellis. The estrogen receptor beta gene, ESR2 in Female Pattern hair Loss
  8. 5th International Congress on hair Research, Vancouver 2007. Leona Yip, Rodney Sinclair. Lipedematous Alopecia, a surgical outcome.
  9. 5th International Congress on hair Research, Vancouver 2007. Hope Dinh, Rodney Sinclair, Jennifer Martinick. Long term hair repigmentation following hair transplant for frontal scarring alopecia
  10. 5th International Congress on hair Research, Vancouver 2007. Hope Dinh, Rodney Sinclair, Jennifer Martinick. Donor site dominance in action: transplanted hairs retain their original hair pigmentation long term
  11. 5th International Congress on hair Research, Vancouver 2007. Hope Dinh, Katja Meyer, James McCluskey, Rodney Sinclair, Ralph Paus. Hair follicle melanocytes do not constituetively express MHC-Ia or II antigens.

Presentations at National/International Meeting

  1. Sinclair R. Female Pattern hair Loss, Dandruff and greying in Twins. Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian Society for Dermatology Research, Melbourne 2006.
  2. Sinclair R. An Approach to Hirsutism. Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian College of Dermatologists, Melbourne 2006.
  3. Sinclair R. What's new in Dermatology Research, Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian College of Dermatologists, Melbourne 2006.
  4. Sinclair R. Management of hair loss. Registrar's Forum Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian College of Dermatologists, Melbourne 2006.
  5. Sinclair R. European Hair Research Society Meeting, London, 2006. Clinical and Molecular Genetics of Androgenetic Alopecia
  6. Sinclair R. 5th International Congress on hair Research, Vancouver 2007. Rodney Sinclair. Cicatricial alopecia: the future.
  7. Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian College of Dermatologists, Adelaide 2007 Dinh HV, Sinclair R, Martinick J. Donor site dominance in action: Transplanted hairs retain their original hair pigmentation long term.
  8. Australasian Society for Dermatology Research Meeting, Adelaide 2007. Dinh HV, Meyer KC, McCluskey J, Sinclair RD, Paus R.- Differences in MHC expression between follicular and epidermal melanocytes.

Conference Convenor

Sinclair R. Fourth National Meeting of the Australasian Hair and Wool Research Society, Stradbroke Island 2006

Sinclair R. 3rd Meeting Australasian Society for Dermatology Research, Melbourne, May 2006

Sinclair R. 4thMeeting Australasian Society for Dermatology Research, Adelaide, May 2007

Sinclair R. World Congress of Cosmetic Dermatology, Melbourne 2006

Sinclair R.  World Congress of hair research, Cairns 2010