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Advances in the treatment of male androgenetic alopecia: A brief review of finasteride studies Volume 11, numéro 4, July - August 2001

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Clinical Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Medical Director, Baylor Hair Research and Treatment Center, Dallas Associated Dermatologists, PA, 3600 Gaston Avenue, Suite 1051, Dallas, Texas 75246, USA.
  • Page(s) : 332-4
  • Année de parution : 2001

Male androgenetic alopecia is a common condition, which eventually affects at least half the world's adult male population. It is an inherited condition, which is thought to be dominantly inherited, with variable penetrance [1-4]. The gene or genes have not yet been identified. Its presumed androgen dependance is based on the observation that it is prevented by early castration but can develop if the castrate is treated with androgen replacement [...]