Diffuse Female Hair Loss: Are Androgens Necessary?

    September 1999 in “ British Journal of Dermatology ”
    Orme, Cullen, Andrew G. Messenger
    Studysummary This case report describes a young woman with hypopituitarism who experienced hair loss typical of female androgenetic alopecia without detectable androgens, suggesting this hair loss pattern may not always be androgen dependent.
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