Genetic variation in the human androgen receptor gene is the major determinant of common early-onset androgenetic alopecia

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 140-148

  Hillmer, Axel M ^a   Hanneken, Sandra ^b   Ritzmann, Sibylle ^b   Becker, Tim ^a   Freudenberg, Jan ^a   Brockschmidt, Felix F ^a   Flaquer, Antonia ^a   Freudenberg Hua, Yun ^a   Jamra, Rami Abou ^a   Metzen, Christine ^b   Heyn, Uwe ^a   Schweiger, Nadine ^b   Betz, Regina C ^a,c   Blaumeiser, Bettina ^c   Hampe, Jochen ^d   Schreiber, Stefan ^d   Schulze, Thomas G ^e   Hennies, Hans Christian ^f   Schumacher, Johannes ^a   Propping, Peter ^a   Ruzicka, Thomas ^b   Cichon, Sven ^a,c   Wienker, Thomas F ^a   Kruse, Roland ^b   Nöthen, Markus M ^a,c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^e CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^f MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; MOLECULAR MARKER;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE TYPE ALOPECIA; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 20544475696     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/431425     Document Type: Article

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