Finasteride for Androgenetic Alopecia

    January 1998 in “ NEJM Journal Watch ”
    Neil H. Shear
    Studysummary The abstract reports no new clinical results; it describes finasteride’s mechanism of action in androgenetic alopecia and mentions unpublished trial results by the manufacturer and investigators.
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    1. Finasteride in the Treatment of Men with Androgenetic Alopecia Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology · 1998

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