Is androgenic alopecia a result of endocrine effects on the vasculature?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 438-441

  Caleb Santiago Hernandez, B A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE;

ALOPECIA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; HAIR LOSS; HEMODYNAMICS; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCALP; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 1642275169     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(03)00342-6     Document Type: Article

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