Characteristic features of Japanese women's hair with aging and with progressing hair loss

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 93-103

  Tajima, Masahiro ^a   Hamada, Chika ^a   Arai, Takayuki ^a   Miyazawa, Miki ^b   Shibata, Ritei ^b   Ishino, Akihiro ^a  

^a SHISEIDO RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Female pattern hair loss; Follicular unit; Hair density; Japanese women' hair

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAIR; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; JAPANESE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP HAIR; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALOPECIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HAIR; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33846238635     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2006.10.011     Document Type: Article

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