Is There Any Association Between Clinical and Biochemical Hyperandrogenism in Women With Female Pattern Hair Loss?

    November 2020 in “ Cureus ”
    Samih A Odhaib, Khalil Al Hamdi, Abbas Ali Mansour
    Studysummary This study found that severity of female pattern hair loss in premenopausal women was related to other clinical signs of hyperandrogenism like hirsutism and acne, but not to biochemical measures of hyperandrogenism.
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