Androgenetic alopecia: An update

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 613-625

  Kaliyadan, Feroze ^a,b   Nambiar, Ajit ^a   Vijayaraghavan, Sundeep ^b  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Androgenetic alopecia; diagnosis; pathophysiology; patterned hair loss; treatment

Indexed keywords

17ALPHA ESTRADIOL; ACRYLIC ACID; ANTIANDROGEN; BOTULINUM TOXIN; CAFFEINE; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; DEXPANTHENOL; DIMETICONE; DUTASTERIDE; FINASTERIDE; MINOXIDIL; NICOTINAMIDE; RETINOIC ACID;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EYE SWELLING; GYNECOMASTIA; HAIR TRANSPLANTATION; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERTRICHOSIS; LIBIDO DISORDER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE TYPE ALOPECIA; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHOTOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN IRRITATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TOPICAL TREATMENT;

5-ALPHA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; ALOPECIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FINASTERIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MINOXIDIL; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84884364289     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: 09733922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.116730     Document Type: Conference Paper

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