Open AccessAndrogenetic alopecia: Quality-of-life and associated lifestyle patterns
Author(s) -
Neena Sawant,
Siddhi Chikhalkar,
Varun Mehta,
Malvika Ravi,
Bhushan Madke,
Uday Khopkar
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international journal of trichology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.494
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 0974-9241
pISSN - 0974-7753
DOI - 10.4103/0974-7753.77510
Subject(s) - quality of life (healthcare) , medicine , gerontology , nursing
Androgenetic alopecia (AGA) is a condition, which is an important psychosocial problem. The hormonal variations causing AGA are known, but whether behavioral patterns and lifestyle influence the condition and which age groups they influence is uncertain and such factors have not been studied in detail.