Presentation
OBJECTIVE: Although androgenic alopecia is recognised to be a symptom of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), it is not known whether polycystic ovaries (PCO) and associated endocrine abnormalities are present in patients who present with alopecia as a primary [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Androgenic pattern presentation of scarring and inflammatory alopecia First published: 02 July 2010 Cited by: 2 No abstract is available for this article. [doi.org]
Gastrointestinal
- Overeating
In women, the hair becomes thinner all over the head, and the hairline does not recede. Androgenetic alopecia in women rarely leads to total baldness. [ghr.nlm.nih.gov]
Methods: Five patients were given autologous PRP injections on the affected area of alopecia over a period of three months at interval of two - three weeks and results were assessed. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Workup
See Workup for more detail. [emedicine.medscape.com]
Treatment
After 6 months' treatment, patients receiving ViviScal showed a mean increase in non-vellus hair of 38% compared with a 2% increase in the fish extract treatment group (P < 0.0001). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Prognosis
Prognosis The prognosis of androgenetic alopecia is unknown. Some patients progress to the point where they lose almost all of the hair on the scalp. Others have a patterned or nonpatterned thinning but retain a considerable number of scalp hairs. [emedicine.medscape.com]
Etiology
Citing Literature Number of times cited according to CrossRef: 2 Beata Bergler-Czop, Hubert Arasiewicz and Ligia Brzezińska-Wcisło, Cicatricial alopecia: What’s new in etiology?, European Journal of Inflammation, 13, 3, (139), (2015). [doi.org]
Although etiological studies have proved that androgen is one of the causes of this symptom, the defined molecular mechanism underlying androgen-related actions remains largely unknown. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
It is possible that common polymorphisms in genes that encode steroid hormones and their reductases and other relevant molecules, e.g., the genes for IGF (and its receptor), the AR, and aromatase, might influence the etiology of all these conditions. [cebp.aacrjournals.org]
Epidemiology
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy *Department of Dermatology, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia †Centre for Genetic Epidemiology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia ‡Cancer [oadoi.org]
BACKGROUND: Epidemiological studies have associated androgenetic alopecia (AGA) with severe young-age coronary artery disease and hypertension, and linked it to insulin resistance. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Pathophysiology
This article provides an overview of the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of adolescent androgenic alopecia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
[…] release date: 1995 Number of Print Pages: 3 Number of Figures: 0 Number of Tables: 0 ISSN: 1018-8665 (Print) eISSN: 1421-9832 (Online) For additional information: https://www.karger.com/DRM Abstract Cytokines play an important role in both physiology and pathophysiology [doi.org]
Psychological effect, pathophysiology, and management of androgenetic alopecia in men. Mayo Clin Proc. 2005 Oct. 80(10):1316-22. [Medline]. Lesko SM, Rosenberg L, Shapiro S. [emedicine.medscape.com]
Prevention
The injected wax failed to prevent androgenic alopecia and created a remodeling of the outer table of the cortex of the skull. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia †Centre for Genetic Epidemiology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia ‡Cancer Epidemiology Centre, The Cancer Council Victoria, 1 Rathdowne Street, Carlton South, VIC 3053, Australia §Department of Preventive [oadoi.org]