Eleven pairs of Japanese male twins suggest the role of epigenetic differences in androgenetic alopecia

Eur J Dermatol. 2013 Jan-Feb;23(1):113-5. doi: 10.1684/ejd.2012.1898.
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Publication types

  • Letter
  • Twin Study

MeSH terms

  • 5-alpha Reductase Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Adult
  • Alopecia / drug therapy
  • Alopecia / genetics*
  • Alopecia / pathology*
  • Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Asian People / genetics*
  • Epigenesis, Genetic*
  • Finasteride / therapeutic use
  • Hair / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Japan
  • Male
  • Minoxidil / therapeutic use
  • Organ Size
  • Receptors, Androgen / genetics
  • Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
  • Twins, Monozygotic / genetics
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • 5-alpha Reductase Inhibitors
  • Antihypertensive Agents
  • Receptors, Androgen
  • Finasteride
  • Minoxidil