Depression Among Adult Individuals With Androgenic Alopecia: A Cross-Sectional Study From The Persian Guilan Cohort Study

    September 2026 in “ Endocrine and Metabolic Science ”
    Seyyedeh Boshra Mirhashemi, Hojat Eftekhari, Niloofar Faraji … Fariborz Mansour‐Ghanaei
    Studysummary This study found that while androgenetic alopecia was common and more frequent with age and in men within the PERSIAN Guilan Cohort, it was not independently associated with depression.
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