CG210 Enables Finasteride 1mg Users to Further Improve Hair Pattern: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Study

January 2013 in “ Hair therapy & transplantation ”

Akira Takeda Akio Sato, Lei Zhang Saad Harti

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