Corrigendum to Patients Treated for Male Pattern Hair Loss With Finasteride Show, After Discontinuation of the Drug, Altered Levels of Neuroactive Steroids in Cerebrospinal Fluid and Plasma

November 2023 in “ The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ”

Donatella Caruso, Federico Abbiati, Silvia Giatti, Simone Romano, Letizia Fusco, Guido Cavaletti, Roberto Cosimo Melcangi

TLDR Stopping finasteride for male pattern hair loss changes neuroactive steroid levels in the brain and blood.

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