Post-Finasteride Syndrome: What to Tell Our Female Patients?

    April 2018 in “ British Journal of Dermatology ”
    J. Mervis, Luis J. Borda, Mariya Miteva
    Studysummary Finasteride for female hair loss has low side effects, more research needed.
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