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Androgenetic alopecia

Androgenetic alopecia: Introduction

Androgenetic alopecia: A form of hair loss that can affect men or women. In males, the hair loss starts over the temples and the hairline recedes gradually and sometimes complete baldness results. Women suffer thinning of hair all over the head and there is no receding hairline. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Androgenetic alopecia is available below.

Symptoms of Androgenetic alopecia

• Progressive thinning of hair in women
• Progressively receding hairline in males
• Thinning of hair on top of head in males
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Androgenetic alopecia?

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Causes of Androgenetic alopecia

• Stanozolol
• Myotonic dystrophy
• Fluoxymesterone
• Testosterone
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Disease Topics Related To Androgenetic alopecia

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Androgenetic alopecia:

• Common baldness
• familial baldness
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• Male pattern baldness
• Female pattern baldness
• Pattern baldness
• Hair loss
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Misdiagnosis and Androgenetic alopecia

Rare form of hair loss often misdiagnosed: a rare form of extreme hair loss called "Atrichia with papular lesions" (APL) is often misdiagnosed...read more »

Hair and scalp disorders misdiagnosed in African Americans: A higher than average percentage of misdiagnoses of hair or scalp disorders seem to occur...read more »

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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Androgenetic alopecia

Medical research articles related to Androgenetic alopecia include:

• Alopecia Male Pattern
• Common Skin Conditions During Pregnancy
• A multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial of a novel formulation of 5% minoxidil topical foam versus placebo in the treatment of androgenetic alopecia in men.
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• Androgenetic Alopecia (Overview)
• Hair Transplantation (Overview)
• Alopecia and Hair Loss
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Prognosis for Androgenetic alopecia

Prognosis for Androgenetic alopecia: males: often leads to partial or complete baldness, females: rarely leads to baldness

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Androgenetic alopecia: Broader Related Topics

• Genetic conditions
• Endocrine system conditions
• Hair conditions
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