Efficacy of Finasteride 1.25 mg on Female Pattern Hair Loss; Pilot Study
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370 Ann Dermatol Received May 2, 2011, Revised September 20, 2011, Accepted for publication September 20, 2011 Corresponding author: Moon-Bum Kim, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Dermatology, Pusan National University Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine, 179 Gudeok-ro, Seo-gu, Busan 602-739, Korea. Tel: 82-51-240-7338, Fax: 82-51-245-9467, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Ann Dermatol Vol. 24, No. 3, 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.5021/ad.2012.24.3.370
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