Evidence for Two Independent Functional Variants for Androgenetic Alopecia Around the Androgen Receptor Gene

    September 2010 in “ Experimental Dermatology ”
    J Cobb, Sophie Zaloumis, Katrina J Scurrah … Justine A. Ellis
    Studysummary In this study, researchers identified two independent genetic variants near the androgen receptor gene strongly associated with androgenetic alopecia in men.
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