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Conditions simulating androgenetic alopecia
Author(s) -
Rossi A.,
Iorio A.,
Di Nunno D.,
Priolo L.,
Fortuna M.C.,
Garelli V.,
Carlesimo M.,
Calvieri S.,
Mari E.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of the european academy of dermatology and venereology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.655
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1468-3083
pISSN - 0926-9959
DOI - 10.1111/jdv.12915
Subject(s) - medicine , hair loss , hair follicle , dermatology , hair disease , scarring alopecia , differential diagnosis , phenotype , disease , pathogenesis , follicular phase , androgen , bioinformatics , hormone , physiology , pathology , endocrinology , genetics , biology , gene , scalp
Androgenetic alopecia is a common form of hair loss, characterized by a progressive hair follicular miniaturization, caused by androgen hormones on a genetically susceptible hair follicle, in androgenic‐dependent areas. Characteristic phenotype of androgenetic alopecia is also observed in many other hair disorders. These disorders are androgenetic‐like diseases that cause many differential diagnosis or therapeutic error problems. The objective of this review was to systematically analyse the greatest number of conditions that mimic the AGA pattern and explain their disease pathogenesis.