Hair Loss in Psychopharmacology

    January 2000 in “ Annals of Clinical Psychiatry ”
    Yekaterina Mercke, Huaibao Sheng, Tehmina Khan, Steven Lippmann
    Studysummary This review discusses the potential for mood stabilizers, antidepressants, and some antipsychotic and antianxiety drugs to induce alopecia and reports no clinical results.
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