Randomized placebo-controlled, double-blind, half-head study to assess the efficacy of platelet-rich plasma on the treatment of androgenetic alopecia

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 491-497

  Alves, Rubina ^a   Grimalt, Ramon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT INTERNACIONAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAIR DENSITY; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; MALE; MALE TYPE ALOPECIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY EFFECT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; ALOPECIA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HEAD; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962905521     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DSS.0000000000000665     Document Type: Article

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