Evaluation of efficacy and safety of finasteride 1 mg in 3177 Japanese men with androgenetic alopecia

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-32

  Sato, Akio ^a   Takeda, Akira ^b  

^a Tokyo Memorial Clinic Hirayama   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

androgenetic alopecia; finasteride; Japanese; modified global photographic assessment; modified Norwood Hamilton scale; treatment period

Indexed keywords

FINASTERIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST HYPERTROPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FOLLOW UP; HAIR GROWTH; HEPATIC FUNCTIONAL DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JAPANESE; LABORATORY TEST; LIBIDO; LIVER DISEASE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE TYPE ALOPECIA; MEMORY DISORDER; MODIFIED GLOBAL PHOTOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SEVEN POINT RATING SCALE; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNILATERAL MAMMARY HYPERTROPHY;

5-ALPHA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; ADULT; ALOPECIA; FINASTERIDE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855344471     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2011.01378.x     Document Type: Article

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