Androgen receptor copy number variation and androgenetic alopecia: A case-control study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Cobb, Joanna E ^a   White, Stefan J ^b   Harrap, Stephen B ^a   Ellis, Justine A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; EXON; GENE DOSAGE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE TYPE ALOPECIA; MULTIPLEX LIGATION DEPENDENT PROBE AMPLIFICATION; PHENOTYPE; ALOPECIA; DNA PROBE; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ALOPECIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA PROBES; HUMANS; MALE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN;

EID: 64549126059     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005081     Document Type: Article

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