Medical Comorbidities and the Onset of Androgenetic Alopecia: A Population-Based, Case-Control Study

    January 2018 in “ Annals of Dermatology ”
    Hee-Chul Chung, Sung Choe, Solam Lee … Won Young Lee
    Studysummary This review discusses the potential association between androgenetic alopecia and metabolic syndrome, and notes AGA might be linked to arterial stiffness; it reports no new clinical findings and calls for further research.
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