Finasteride is the main inhibitor of 5α-reductase activity in microdissected dermal papillae of human hair follicles

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 291, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 100-103

  Hoffmann, Rolf ^a   Happle, Rudolf ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 reductase inhibitors; Androgen metabolism; Androgenetic alopecia; Hair follicle

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; FINASTERIDE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE TYPE ALOPECIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CELL;

ADULT; CHILD; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FINASTERIDE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; MALE; TESTOSTERONE 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE;

EID: 0033043112     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004030050390     Document Type: Article

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