Expression of sex-determining genes in the scalp of men with androgenetic alopecia

Dermatology

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 199-204

  Chen, WenChieh ^a,e   Yang, Chao Chun ^b   Tsai, Ren Yeu ^c   Liao, Chen Yu ^a   Yen, Yu Ta ^a   Hung, Chiu Ling ^a   Chen, Ko Fan ^b   Tsai, Shaw Jenq ^b   Zouboulis, Christos C ^d  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d DESSAU MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^e CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Androgen; Androgenetic alopecia; Hair follicle; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FRONTAL BONE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; MALE; OCCIPITAL BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SCALP; SEX DETERMINATION; STEROIDOGENESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENES, SRY; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SCALP;

EID: 33947370345     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000099583     Document Type: Article

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