Evaluation of androgen receptor gene as a candidate gene in female androgenetic alopecia

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 584-587

  El Samahy, May H ^a   Shaheen, Maha A ^a   Saddik, Dina E B ^a   Abdel Fattah, Nermeen S A ^a,c   El Sawi, Mohammad A ^b   Mahran, Manal Z ^c   Shehab, Abeer A A ^c  

^a Department of Venereology ^*  (Egypt)

^b Faculty of Computer and Information Sciences   (Egypt)

^c AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; EGYPT; FEMALE; FEMALE ADROGENETIC ALOPECIA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREMENOPAUSE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCALP; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EGYPT; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREMENOPAUSE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 66849124705     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2009.03991.x     Document Type: Article

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