Female pattern hair loss: Beyond an androgenic aetiology?

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 163, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1140-1141

  Langan, E A ^a   Paus, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hair loss; Oestrogen; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; PROLACTIN;

HAIR LOSS; KARYOTYPE; LETTER; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP;

ALOPECIA; ANDROGEN-INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ANDROGENS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HAIR; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 78249264162     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2010.09955.x     Document Type: Letter

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