Mesotherapy using dutasteride-containing preparation in treatment of female pattern hair loss: Photographic, morphometric and ultrustructural evaluation

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 686-693

  Moftah, N ^a,b   Abd Elaziz, G ^a   Ahmed, N ^a   Hamed, Y ^c   Ghannam, B ^a   Ibrahim, M ^d  

^a AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c El Hussein University Hospital   (Egypt)

^d El Haud El Marsoud Hospital   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; DEXPANTHENOL; DUTASTERIDE; MESOPECIA; PYRIDOXINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE PATTERN HAIR LOSS; HAIR DIAMETER; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MESOTHERAPY; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; PARAMETERS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

5-ALPHA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; ADULT; ALOPECIA; AZASTEROIDS; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; MESOTHERAPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 84877594989     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2012.04535.x     Document Type: Article

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