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Diffuse female hair loss: are androgens necessary?
Author(s) -
Steve Orme,
Cullen Dr,
A.G. Messenger
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1999.03049.x
Subject(s) - hair loss , hypopituitarism , androgen , medicine , endocrinology , hair disease , hair growth , body hair , dermatology , physiology , anatomy , hormone
Diffuse hair loss in women is generally regarded as the female equivalent of male balding and is often referred to as female androgenetic alopecia. In this article we report the case of a young woman with hypopituitarism who presented with the clinical and histological features of female androgenetic alopecia in the absence of detectable levels of circulating androgens or other signs of postpubertal androgenization, showing that this pattern of hair loss is not necessarily androgen dependent.