Baldness may be caused by the weight of the scalp: Gravity as a proposed mechanism for hair loss

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 505-514

  Ustuner, E Tuncay ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE;

ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRAVITY; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR LOSS; HYPOXIA; ISCHEMIA; MALE TYPE ALOPECIA; PATHOGENESIS; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SKULL; THEORY;

ALOPECIA; FEMALE; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGAN SIZE; PRESSURE; SCALP;

EID: 50449107909     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.05.030     Document Type: Article

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