5 mg/day finasteride treatment for normoandrogenic Asian women with female pattern hair loss

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 211-214

  Yeon, J H ^a   Jung, J Y ^a   Choi, J W ^a   Kim, B J ^b   Youn, S W ^a   Park, K C ^a   Huh, C H ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

female pattern hair loss; finasteride

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; FINASTERIDE; FLUTAMIDE; MINOXIDIL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENSITY; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEMALE PATTERN HAIR LOSS; HAIR LOSS; HEADACHE; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; PARAMETER; PHOTOTRICHOGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; THICKNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

5-ALPHA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DIZZINESS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FINASTERIDE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KOREA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650983190     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2010.03758.x     Document Type: Article

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