Fine mapping of the human AR/EDA2R locus in androgenetic alopecia

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 899-903

  Brockschmidt, F F ^a   Hillmer, A M ^b   Eigelshoven, S ^c   Hanneken, S ^c   Heilmann, S ^a   Barth, S ^a   Herold, C ^a   Becker, T ^a   Kruse, R ^c   Nothen M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Androgenetic alopecia; AR; EDA2R; Male pattern baldness

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; GENOMIC DNA; XEDAR RECEPTOR; EDA2R PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE TYPE ALOPECIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ALOPECIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALOPECIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; XEDAR RECEPTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949837414     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2010.09649.x     Document Type: Letter

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