Association of Premature Androgenetic Alopecia and Metabolic Syndrome in a Young Indian Population

January 2014 in “ International Journal of Trichology ”

Subhas Chakrabarty, Ramesh Hariharan, DG Gowda, Hemalini Suresh

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Studysummary This study found that male Indian patients under 30 with early androgenetic alopecia were more likely to have metabolic syndrome compared to age-matched controls.

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