New-Onset Androgenic Alopecia following Human Chorionic Gonadotropic Diet and Testosterone Pellet Implantation

A diet involving human chorionic gonadotropic (hCG) injections combined with extreme caloric restriction is sometimes undertaken by people desiring rapid weight loss. We report a patient with new-onset androgenic alopecia following hCG diet combined with the implantation of testosterone pellets.

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Autores principales: Griggs, Jacob, Almohanna, Hind, Ahmed, Azhar, Tosti, Antonella
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6369644/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30783337
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijt.ijt_75_18
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spelling pubmed-63696442019-02-19 New-Onset Androgenic Alopecia following Human Chorionic Gonadotropic Diet and Testosterone Pellet Implantation Griggs, Jacob Almohanna, Hind Ahmed, Azhar Tosti, Antonella Int J Trichology Case Report A diet involving human chorionic gonadotropic (hCG) injections combined with extreme caloric restriction is sometimes undertaken by people desiring rapid weight loss. We report a patient with new-onset androgenic alopecia following hCG diet combined with the implantation of testosterone pellets. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6369644/ /pubmed/30783337 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijt.ijt_75_18 Text en Copyright: © 2019 International Journal of Trichology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Griggs, Jacob
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Tosti, Antonella
New-Onset Androgenic Alopecia following Human Chorionic Gonadotropic Diet and Testosterone Pellet Implantation
title New-Onset Androgenic Alopecia following Human Chorionic Gonadotropic Diet and Testosterone Pellet Implantation
title_full New-Onset Androgenic Alopecia following Human Chorionic Gonadotropic Diet and Testosterone Pellet Implantation
title_fullStr New-Onset Androgenic Alopecia following Human Chorionic Gonadotropic Diet and Testosterone Pellet Implantation
title_full_unstemmed New-Onset Androgenic Alopecia following Human Chorionic Gonadotropic Diet and Testosterone Pellet Implantation
title_short New-Onset Androgenic Alopecia following Human Chorionic Gonadotropic Diet and Testosterone Pellet Implantation
title_sort new-onset androgenic alopecia following human chorionic gonadotropic diet and testosterone pellet implantation
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6369644/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30783337
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijt.ijt_75_18
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