Prospective Controlled Study Evaluating Pull Test with Correlation of Serum Iron, Ferritin, Transferrin, Vitamin B12, and Folic Acid in Patients with Alopecia in the Czech Republic

    January 2018 in “ Hair therapy & transplantation ”
    Jana Kafkova, Pavlína Zímová, Miroslav Nečas, Vladimı́r Vašků
    Studysummary This study aimed to identify possible associations between a hair pull test and various pathological, biochemical, and hematological parameters in Czech patients with different types of alopecia.
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