Androgenetic alopecia;Androgenetische alopezie

Hautarzt

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-111

  Hoffmann, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Androgens; Dihydrotestosterone; Hair; Hair loss

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HAIR LOSS; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; MALE TYPE ALOPECIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ALOPECIA; ANDROGEN-INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ANDROGENS; CHOLESTENONE 5 ALPHA-REDUCTASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 1142298957     PISSN: 00178470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00105-003-0673-4     Document Type: Review

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