Advances in Transdermal Delivery Systems for Treating Androgenetic Alopecia

    July 2025 in “ Pharmaceutics ”
    Shilong Xu, Lian Zhou, Haodong Zhao, Siwen Li
    Studysummary This review discusses the application of transdermal drug delivery systems for androgenetic alopecia and explores new technologies to enhance drug penetration but reports no clinical results.
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