Patterned Androgenic Alopecia in Women

    May 1988 in “ Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology ”
    V.A. Venning, Rodney P.R. Dawber
    Studysummary This study found that frontal and frontoparietal hair recession is relatively common in women, especially after menopause, and may not indicate abnormal androgen metabolism absent other virilization signs.
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    Research cited in this study 2

    1. Adrenal Androgenic Female-Pattern Alopecia: Sex Hormones and the Balding Woman Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine · 1983
    2. Classification of the Types of Androgenetic Alopecia (Common Baldness) Occurring in the Female Sex British Journal of Dermatology · 1977

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