Serum Androgens and Genetic Linkage Analysis in Early Onset Androgenetic Alopecia

    August 1999 in “ Journal of Investigative Dermatology ”
    G. P. Sreekumar, Jose Pardinas, Ching-Ping Wong … Satish Parimoo
    Studysummary This study found that individuals with early onset extensive androgenetic alopecia have an elevated ratio of DHT to testosterone, but no significant genetic linkage to markers on chromosomes 2 or 5 was detected.
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