Investigation of four novel male androgenetic alopecia susceptibility loci: No association with female pattern hair loss

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 306, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 413-418

  Nuwaihyd, Rima ^a,b   Redler, Silke ^a   Heilmann, Stefanie ^a   Drichel, Dmitriy ^c   Wolf, Sabrina ^a   Birch, Pattie ^d   Dobson, Kathy ^d   Lutz, Gerhard ^e   Giehl, Kathrin A ^f   Kruse, Roland ^g   Tazi Ahnini, Rachid ^h   Hanneken, Sandra ⁱ   Böhm, Markus ^j   Miesel, Anja ^k   Fischer, Tobias ^k   Wolff, Hans ^f   Becker, Tim ^a,c   Garcia Bartels, Natalie ^b   Blume Peytavi, Ulrike ^b   Nöthen, Markus M ^a   Messenger, Andrew G ^d   Betz, Regina C ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^d ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Department of Dermatology Royal Hallamshire Hospital ^*  (Germany)

^f LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g Dermatological Practice   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

Association study; Female pattern hair loss; Novel AGA susceptibility loci; WNT signaling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 12P; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CHROMOSOME 3Q; CHROMOSOME 5Q; FEMALE; FEMALE PATTERN HAIR LOSS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HAIR DISEASE; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE TYPE ALOPECIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; WNT10A GENE; ALOPECIA; CASE REPORT; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MALE;

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; EDA2R PROTEIN, HUMAN; WNT PROTEIN; WNT10A PROTEIN, HUMAN; XEDAR RECEPTOR;

ALOPECIA; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; WNT PROTEINS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; XEDAR RECEPTOR;

EID: 84900834539     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: 1432069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00403-013-1436-4     Document Type: Article

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