Successful treatment of female-pattern hair loss with spironolactone in a 9-year-old girl.

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Title:	Successful treatment of female-pattern hair loss with spironolactone in a 9-year-old girl.
Epworth Authors:	Sinclair, Rodney
Other Authors:	Yazdabadi, Anousha Green, Jack
Keywords:	Female Pattern Baldness Alopecia Spironolactone Child Stereotactic Techniques Photographs Androgenetic Alopecia Treatment Chair of Dermatology, Epworth HealthCare, Victoria, Australia Head & Neck Clinical Institute, Epworth HealthCare, Victoria, Australia
Issue Date:	May-2009
Publisher:	Wiley
Citation:	Australasian Journal of Dermatology. 2009 May;50(2):113-114.
Abstract:	A 9-year-old pre-pubertal girl with female pattern hair loss treated with spironolactone 100 mg orally per day had objective improvement demonstrated by regrowth observed clinically and on comparison of pre- and post-treatment stereotactic scalp photographs taken 6 months apart.
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/11434/550
DOI:	10.1111/j.1440-0960.2009.00517.x
PubMed URL:	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19397563
ISSN:	0004-8380 1440-0960
Journal Title:	Australasian Journal of Dermatology
Type:	Journal Article
Affiliated Organisations:	Department of Dermatology, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Type of Clinical Study or Trial:	Case reports
Appears in Collections:	Dermatology Head & Neck

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