Hair Cycle and Alopecia X in Dogs

    January 2008 in “ Pratique médicale & chirurgicale de l'animal de compagnie ”
    N. Cochet-Faivre, Pascal Prélaud, F. Degorce‐Rubiales
    Studysummary This review discusses the controversial non-inflammatory alopecia known as alopecia X, highlighting its unknown etiology and the variable effectiveness of various proposed treatments, but reports no new results.
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