Adjuvant eflornithine to maintain IPL‐induced hair reduction in women with facial hirsutism: a randomized controlled trial

October 2015 in “ Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology ”

A.C. Vissing, E. Taudorf, Christina S. Haak, Peter A. Philipsen, Merete Hædersdal

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