Is baldness bad for the heart?

Dermatology

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 72-74

  Gutersohn, Thomas ^a,b   Scheidegger, E Paul ^a  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Baldness; Coronary heart disease; Male pattern hair loss

Indexed keywords

ALOPECIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DENSITY; HAIR LOSS; HEART INFARCTION; MEDICAL ERROR; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVASCULARIZATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ALOPECIA; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 21344465406     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085583     Document Type: Review

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