Nonscarring Hair Loss Disorders
October 1982
in “
Postgraduate Medicine
”
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Studysummary This article discusses objective methods for assessing hair loss and notes that most types of hair loss can regrow without treatment, but effective treatments for pattern or senescent alopecia remain unavailable.
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