Quantification of female pattern hair loss: A study in a Turkish population

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 321-324

  Aktan, Şebnem ^a   Akarsu, Sevgi ^a   Ilknur, Turna ^a   Demirtaşoǧlu, Melda ^a   Özkan, Şebnem ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alopecia; Androgenetic alopecia; Female

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEMALE; FEMALE PATTERN HAIR LOSS; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCALP; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALOPECIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TURKEY;

EID: 34447304375     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2007.0208     Document Type: Article

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