1 The results of prophylactic measures for femoral head AVN have considerable variation, but certain generalizations can safely be stated. 2  Namely, the clinical results of core decompression alone deteriorate with more advanced lesions.
1 Melasma is very common skin ailment. It can occur to anyone, but young women with brownish tone are more likely to contract with it.  The condition is often linked with female hormonal changes. Change in level of estrogen and progesterone may cause melasma.
In the mouse, melanocyte stimulating hormone promotes melanogenic enzyme function and elicits increases in the amount of eumelanins produced, while agouti signal protein reduces total melanin production and elicits the synthesis of pheomelanin rather than eumelanin.