Female pattern hair loss, sebum excretion and the end-organ response to androgens

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-89

  Birch, M P ^a   Lashen, H ^b   Agarwal, S ^a   Messenger, A G ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JESSOP HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alopecia; Androgens; Sebum excretion

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ADULT; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LOSS; HAIR ROOT; HIRSUTISM; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SCALP HAIR; SEBUM SECRETION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALOPECIA; ANDROGENS; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HAIR; HIRSUTISM; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SCALP; SEBUM;

EID: 33644882786     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06953.x     Document Type: Article

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