Evaluation of DNA variants associated with androgenetic alopecia and their potential to predict male pattern baldness.

Androgenetic alopecia, known in men as male pattern baldness (MPB), is a very conspicuous condition that is particularly frequent among European men and thus contributes markedly to variation in physical appearance traits amongst Europeans. Recent studies have revealed multiple genes and polymorphis...

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Main Authors: Magdalena Marcińska, Ewelina Pośpiech, Sarah Abidi, Jeppe Dyrberg Andersen, Margreet van den Berge, Ángel Carracedo, Mayra Eduardoff, Anna Marczakiewicz-Lustig, Niels Morling, Titia Sijen, Małgorzata Skowron, Jens Söchtig, Denise Syndercombe-Court, Natalie Weiler, EUROFORGEN-NoE Consortium, Peter M Schneider, David Ballard, Claus Børsting, Walther Parson, Chris Phillips, Wojciech Branicki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4441445?pdf=render