Steroidogenic isoenzymes in human hair and their potential role in androgenetic alopecia

Dermatology

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 85-95

  Hoffmann, Rolf ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Androgen metabolism; Androgens; Hair; Hair loss

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; BOLDENONE; ISOENZYME; STEROID;

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRONICS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC TRAIT; HAIR; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR LOSS; HORMONE DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE TYPE ALOPECIA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ALOPECIA; ANDROGENS; AROMATASE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; HAIR; HUMANS; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; MALE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PROGESTERONE REDUCTASE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; STEROID ISOMERASES;

EID: 0037272423     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068475     Document Type: Review

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