Should men still go bald gracefully?

Lancet

Volumn 355, Issue 9199, 2000, Pages 161-162

  Barth, Julian H ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; FINASTERIDE; MINOXIDIL;

ALOPECIA; HAIR; HUMAN; MALE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 0034650709     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)00412-2     Document Type: Note

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