Early-onset androgenetic alopecia and endocrine disruptors
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Six Novel Susceptibility Loci for Early-Onset Androgenetic Alopecia and Their Unexpected Association with Common Diseases
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Biological Research - Bollettino della Società Italiana di Biologia Sperimentale
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1826-8838
DOI: 10.4081/jbr.2011.4507