Is early onset androgenic alopecia a marker of metabolic syndrome and carotid artery atherosclerosis in young Indian male patients?
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Androgenic Alopecia and Subclinical Atherosclerosis: Is Any Relationship?
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Trichology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0974-7753
DOI: 10.4103/0974-7753.171566