Prediction of Male-Pattern Baldness from Genotypes

    October 2015 in “ European Journal of Human Genetics ”
    Fan Liu, Merel A. Hamer, Stefanie Heilmann … Manfred Kayser
    Studysummary This study found that a genetic model using SNPs can predict early-onset male-pattern baldness with moderate accuracy, which may assist in decisions about interventions.
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