Types of hair loss and treatment options, including the novel low-level light therapy and its proposed mechanism

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 917-921

  Ghanaat, Mahyar ^a  

^a SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

fibroblast; hair growth; hair loss; low level laser therapy; low level light therapy

Indexed keywords

DUTASTERIDE; FINASTERIDE; KETOCONAZOLE; LATANOPROST; MINOXIDIL; ANDROGEN; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; NEW DRUG; RETINOIC ACID;

DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; FOOD ANALYSIS; HAIR LOSS; HAIR TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; ALOPECIA; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; PROCEDURES;

ALOPECIA; ANDROGENS; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DRUGS, INVESTIGATIONAL; FEMALE; FINASTERIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MINOXIDIL; OFF-LABEL USE; PHOTOTHERAPY; TRETINOIN;

EID: 77956392755     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181ebcf71     Document Type: Review

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