Assessing Causality Between Androgenetic Alopecia With Depression: A Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Study

    February 2025 in “ Clinical Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology ”
    Haiyang Li, Haibin Cai, Pingwei Li … Yao Zhang
    Studysummary This study suggests that androgenetic alopecia may increase the risk of developing depression, but depression does not significantly contribute to the onset of androgenetic alopecia.
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