Prevalence and Types of Androgenetic Alopecia in Shanghai, China: A Community-Based Study

    February 2009 in “ British Journal of Dermatology ”
    Furong Xu, Y. Y. Sheng, Z. Mu … Qingwei Yang
    Studysummary This study found that the prevalence of androgenetic alopecia in Chinese men was lower than in Caucasian men, similar to Korean men, and most commonly presented as type III vertex.
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