Androgenetic alopecia and insulin resistance in young men

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 494-499

  González González, José Gerardo ^a   Mancillas Adame, Leonardo G ^a   Fernández Reyes, Mercedes ^a   Gómez Flores, Minerva ^a   Lavalle González, Fernando Javier ^a   Ocampo Candiani, Jorge ^a   Villarreal Pérez, Jesús Zacarías ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR JOSÉ ELEUTERIO GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LIPID; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE TYPE ALOPECIA; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALOPECIA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERINSULINISM; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPIDS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X;

EID: 69949127249     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2008.03508.x     Document Type: Article

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