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    Patients With a Large Prostate Show a Higher Prevalence of Androgenetic Alopecia

    October 2004 in “ Archives of Dermatological Research ”
    WenChieh Chen, Chao Yang, Guan-Yu Chen … Tzong-Shin Tzai
    Studysummary This study suggests that a larger prostate is associated with a higher prevalence of androgenetic alopecia, although the prostate size did not correlate with alopecia severity.
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