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A New Technique for Quantitative Analysis of Hair Loss in Mice Using Grayscale Analysis
Published on: March 9, 2015
A study of patterns of androgenetic alopecia in men: an Indian perspective
The British Journal of Dermatology
|March 25, 2005
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