Prospective Cohort Study on the Effects and Tolerability of Flutamide in Patients with Female Pattern Hair Loss

@article{Paradisi2011ProspectiveCS,
  title={Prospective Cohort Study on the Effects and Tolerability of Flutamide in Patients with Female Pattern Hair Loss},
  author={Roberto Paradisi and Eleonora Porcu and Raffaella Fabbri and Renato Seracchioli and Cesare Battaglia and Stefano Venturoli},
  journal={Annals of Pharmacotherapy},
  year={2011},
  volume={45},
  pages={469 - 475}
}
Background Flutamide has been rarely used (or the treatment of female pattern hair loss (FPHL). Flutamide treatment for FPHL has not been evaluated in long-term studies with sufficiently large numbers of women. Objective: To evaluate long-term effects, safety, and tolerability of flutamide in women with FPHL. Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted in our tertiary care university hospital. The cohort included 101 women diagnosed with FPHL from January 1991 to January 2006. These women… 
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