Tardiness Hair in Transitional Zone: Analysis Between Age and Frontal Forehead Hairline in Children Aged Below 5 Years Old

    December 2025 in “ PLoS ONE ”
    Wenting Wu, Ye Liu, Yu Zhang … Yue-Hua Men
    Studysummary In this study, among Chinese infants and young children aged 0-5 years, Type II and Type III frontal hairline patterns were the most common, with a negative correlation observed between age and hairline type.
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