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Research Article| Volume 6, ISSUE 4, P83-88, October 1988

History of baldness from magic to medicine

  • Albert M. Kligman
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    Address for correspondence: Albert M. Kligman, MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Department of dermatology, Room 244, 36th and Hamilton Walk/GM, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
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    From the Department of dermatology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA

    The Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan USA
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  • Beth Freeman
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    From the Department of dermatology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA

    The Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan USA
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      Further reading

        • Moerman DE
        The meaning of baldness and implications for treatment.
        Clin dermatol. 1988; 6: 89-92
        • Leach ER
        Magical hair.
        J R Anthropol Inst Great Br Ireland. 1958; 88: 147-164
        • Giacometti L
        Facts, legends, and myths about the scalp throughout history.
        Arch dermatol. 1967; 95: 629-631
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        Napoleon 1812.
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