Androgenetic alopecia: Identification of four genetic risk loci and evidence for the contribution of WNT signaling to its etiology

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1489-1496

  Heilmann, Stefanie ^a   Kiefer, Amy K ^b   Fricker, Nadine ^a   Drichel, Dmitriy ^c   Hillmer, Axel M ^d   Herold, Christine ^c   Tung, Joyce Y ^b   Eriksson, Nicholas ^b   Redler, Silke ^a   Betz, Regina C ^a   Li, Rui ^e   Kárason, Ari ^f   Nyholt, Dale R ^g   Song, Kijoung ^h   Vermeulen, Sita H ⁱ   Kanoni, Stavroula ^j   Dedoussis, George ^k   Martin, Nicholas G ^g   Kiemeney, Lambertus A ^i,l   Mooser, Vincent ^h   Stefansson, Kari ^f   Richards, J Brent ^e,m   Becker, Tim ^a,c   Brockschmidt, Felix F ^a   Hinds, David A ^b   Nöthen, Markus M ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b 23 and Me ^*  (United States)

^c GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^d GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f DECODE GENETICS   (Iceland)

^g QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^h GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

ⁱ RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^j WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^k HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^l Department of Registration and Research   (Netherlands)

^m KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WNT10A PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 12P; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CHROMOSOME 3Q; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOMICS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE TYPE ALOPECIA; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICATION STUDY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84878527535     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2013.43     Document Type: Article

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