Perception of Baldness and Hair Density

    January 2002 in “ Dermatology ”
    Federica Vecchio, Marcella Guarrera, Alfredo Rebora
    Studysummary This study found that the parietal/occipital hair density ratio decreases significantly only when baldness is visibly present, making it no better than the Hamilton/Norwood scale for assessing baldness severity.
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