Classification and Scoring of Androgenetic Alopecia (Male and Female Pattern)

January 2016 in “ Springer eBooks ”

Alireza Firooz, Ali Rajabi-Estarabadi, Hamed Zartab, Hournaz Hassanzadeh, Yahya Dowlati

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Classification and Scoring of Androgenetic Alopecia (Male and Female Pattern)

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