Six Novel Susceptibility Loci for Early-Onset Androgenetic Alopecia and Their Unexpected Association with Common Diseases

Androgenetic alopecia (AGA) is a highly heritable condition and the most common form of hair loss in humans. Susceptibility loci have been described on the X chromosome and chromosome 20, but these loci explain a minority of its heritable variance. We conducted a large-scale meta-analysis of seven g...

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Main Authors: Li, Rui, Brockschmidt, Felix F., Kiefer, Amy K., Stefansson, Hreinn, Nyholt, Dale R., Song, Kijoung, Vermeulen, Sita H., Kanoni, Stavroula, Glass, Daniel, Medland, Sarah E., Dimitriou, Maria, Waterworth, Dawn, Tung, Joyce Y., Geller, Frank, Heilmann, Stefanie, Hillmer, Axel M., Bataille, Veronique, Eigelshoven, Sibylle, Hanneken, Sandra, Moebus, Susanne, Herold, Christine, den Heijer, Martin, Montgomery, Grant W., Deloukas, Panos, Eriksson, Nicholas, Heath, Andrew C., Becker, Tim, Sulem, Patrick, Mangino, Massimo, Vollenweider, Peter, Spector, Tim D., Dedoussis, George, Martin, Nicholas G., Kiemeney, Lambertus A., Mooser, Vincent, Stefansson, Kari, Hinds, David A., Nöthen, Markus M., Richards, J. Brent
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3364959/