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April 2021 in “Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology” This review proposes that inconsistent findings in androgenic alopecia research are due to variable biopsy location, hair diameter diversity, and hair follicle miniaturization, and suggests ways to improve study methods.
October 2021 in “West African journal of medicine” This study identified a 4.8% prevalence of androgenetic alopecia among Nigerian females, and found that the condition tends to be severe with specific trichoscopic features.
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September 1999 in “Canadian Journal of Botany” This study found that a recessive mutation in the RHD4 gene of Arabidopsis thaliana leads to slower and more variable tip growth in seedling root hairs, resulting in shorter and wider hairs than in wild-type plants.
November 2015 in “Summit (Simon Fraser University)” In this study, significant changes in hair fiber dimensions were observed between pre- and post-operative states in males undergoing abdominal surgery, with values normalizing by the fourth post-operative week.
This study reported that androgenetic alopecia is relatively uncommon but severe among Nigerian females, with a prevalence of 4.8% among urban market traders.