Male pattern baldness and the risk of prostate cancer

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1824-1827

  Yassa, M ^a   Saliou, M ^a   de rycke, Y ^b   Hemery, C ^b   Henni, M ^a   Bachaud, J M ^c   Thiounn, N ^a   Cosset, J M ^b   Giraud, P ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^c INSTITUT CLAUDIUS REGAUD   (France)

Author keywords

Alopecia; Androgens; Prostatic neoplasm

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GLEASON SCORE; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE TYPE ALOPECIA; ONSET AGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER;

EID: 79960982577     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdq695     Document Type: Article

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