Finasteride in the Treatment of Female Androgenic Alopecia

    November 2014 in “ PharmaTutor ”
    T. Priyanka, GR sekhar, Alluru Lekhanth
    Studysummary This article reviews the efficacy of Finasteride for treating female androgenic alopecia, highlighting increased hair counts and density but reports no new clinical results.
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