The Association Between Low Circulating Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 and Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein-3 With Hair Loss in Women: A Case-Control Study in Basrah, Iraq

April 2026 in “ European Journal of Medical and Health Research ”

Inam Jamal Abdulrazzaq, Nazar S. Haddad

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