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COPYRIGHT 2004 International Medical News Group
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY -- The purported link between androgenetic alopecia and elevated risk of myocardial infarction is based on flawed studies, Dr. Alfredo Rebora said at an international symposium sponsored by the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology.
This connection, first suggested 50 years ago, has been the subject of numerous studies during the past decade, with epidemiologists from several countries asserting that the risk is increased in bald men. "But the reported data are deeply biased. The risk is low," said Dr. Rebora, professor of medicine and director of the...
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