Balding hair follicle dermal papilla cells contain higher levels of androgen receptors than those from non-balding scalp

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-65

  Hibberts, N A ^a   Howell, A E ^a   Randall, V A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALE TYPE ALOPECIA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ANDROGENS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NANDROLONE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SCALP; SKIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TESTOSTERONE CONGENERS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031975932     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1560059     Document Type: Article

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