Hair Loss in Women with Hyperandrogenism: Four Cases Responding to Finasteride

    October 2002 in “ Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology ”
    Kid Wan Shum, D. R. Cullen, Andrew G. Messenger
    Studysummary This study reports that oral finasteride improved or stabilized hair loss in women with hyperandrogenism but not in postmenopausal women with female pattern hair loss.
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