Finasteride as a Model for Personalized Medicine

    October 2017 in “ Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences ”
    Ion G. Motofei, David L. Rowland, Ioana Paunica … Stana Paunica
    Studysummary This paper discusses potential reasons for mixed findings on Finasteride's side effects, suggesting that individualized treatment strategies could be developed based on distinct mental profiles, but reports no new clinical results.
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