Article
[Androgenetic alopecia].
Annales de dermatologie et de venereologie - 1 May 2002
Jamin C
Abstract excerpt
Androgenetic alopecia (AGA) is the combined result of an androgen-dependent process and genetic transmission. These characteristics have mainly, if not exclusively, been demonstrated in men and perhaps improperly extended to women. When considering the androgen-dependent process, AGA must only be limited to the androgen receptor areas. In the scalp, these receptors have only been detected in the frontal and...
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