Genetic variants at 20p11 confer risk to androgenetic alopecia in the Chinese Han population.

BACKGROUND: Androgenetic alopecia (AGA) is a well-characterized type of progressive hair loss commonly seen in men, with different prevalences in different ethnic populations. It is generally considered to be a polygenic heritable trait. Several susceptibility genes/loci, such as AR/EDA2R, HDAC9 and...

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Main Authors: Bo Liang, Chunjun Yang, Xianbo Zuo, Yang Li, Yantao Ding, Yujun Sheng, Fusheng Zhou, Hui Cheng, Xiaodong Zheng, Gang Chen, Zhengwei Zhu, Jun Zhu, Xuhui Fu, Tao Wang, Ying Dong, Dawei Duan, Xianfa Tang, Huayang Tang, Jinping Gao, Liangdan Sun, Sen Yang, Xuejun Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3753324?pdf=render