Is There a Relationship Between Androgenic Alopecia and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia?

January 2015 in “ DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) ”

Ladan Dastgheib, Mehdi Shirazi, Iman Moezzi, Saber Dehghan, Maryam Sadat Sadati

androgenic alopecia benign prostatic hyperplasia 5-alpha reductase enzyme PSA level prostate volume Hamilton-Norwood classification international prostate symptom score alopecia grading BPH IPSS

Studysummary This study found no relationship between androgenic alopecia and parameters such as PSA level, IPSS, and prostate volume in men over 50.

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