The cross-section trichometer: A new device for measuring hair quantity, hair loss, and hair growth

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 900-911

  Cohen, Bernard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HAIR GROWTH; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCALP; TRICHOMETER; ALOPECIA; APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAIR;

ALOPECIA; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 49049097324     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2008.34175.x     Document Type: Article

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