(n.) A scurf which forms on the head, and comes off in small or particles.
Example Sentences:
(1) The efficacy of 1% ketoconazole shampoo in the treatment of dandruff was tested in a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with 176 patients.
(2) Clinical dandruff gradings of each half of the head were made 4 days after the last shampoo in each group, when scalp biopsy samples were also taken from each half of the head.
(3) In contrast to scales collected from the scalps of nine healthy individuals where a few parakeratotic cells are observable, a large number of parakeratotic cells associated with some infiltrated polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNLs) were found in the scales obtained from 11 individuals complaining of dandruff.
(4) The agreement between RAST and skin tests was 94.5% for cat epithelium, 89.3% for egg white, 86.2% for timothy pollen, 84.2% for milk, 80.3% for mite Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, 78.8% for birch pollen, 71.9% for dog epithelium, 67.7% for horse dandruff, 57.3% for moulds and only 40.3% for house dust.
(5) Extracts of grass pollens and of animal dandruff were used.
(6) This was the case with Hebra who, in the 19th century, claimed that dandruff was nothing but a sebaceous disease.
(7) Freeze-dried extract of horse hair and dandruff was obtained by extraction, centrifugation, dialysis and freeze-drying.
(8) The present investigation has shown that correlation of free cholesterol level with cell turnover is permissible in patients with dandruff, even if antimicrobial drugs are being tested.
(9) With a dose of 6 microgram peptide, administered intradermally 24 h prior to diluted allergic serum from a horse-dandruff-sensitive individual, partial inhibition of wealing was observed in three different normal recipients following the pricking in of specific allergen.
(10) Timing matters when it comes to TV adverts As England fans reeled after the Uruguay defeat, ITV offered up a soothing commercial break – with ads featuring the good news that Joe Hart doesn’t have dandruff and Daniel Sturridge really enjoys a chicken teriyaki sub .
(11) An extract of mixed dog hair and dandruff from six different dog breeds (alsatian, boxer, collie, poodle, and long-haired and short-haired dachshund) was obtained by mild extraction, centrifugation, dialysis and freeze-drying.
(12) Although effective therapy in seborrhoeic dermatitis and dandruff has for a long time been based on compounds whose only common link was antipityrosporal activity, proof of this relevance was lacking until the introduction of effective antifungal drugs, in particular ketoconazole.
(13) In this review of new studies about dandruff, methods for clinical (subjective) evaluation and quantitative (objective) appraisal of dandruff are described.
(14) The clinical presentation of tinea capitis is discussed, and attention is drawn to the seborrheic type, which is easily confused with dandruff.
(15) Extract of hair and dandruff from the individual dog breeds was obtained in the same way, but the material was not freeze-dried.
(16) The results support the idea that the amount of mites in our homes not only depend on relative air humidity but also on the production of dandruff.
(17) While cross reactions were common with grass pollen extracts in RAST, there was no cross-over with animal dandruff.
(18) On the basis of these results the major allergens of the examined extract of horse hair and dandruff were identified.
(19) Otherwise, BP was positive when HR and rast reached scores 2 and 3 with the exception of RAST for animal dandruff.
(20) Du Pont had thick dandruff and when he smiled, his teeth were “dark yellow and caked with food”.