title: Female androgenetic alopecia: a review.
abstract: This review of androgenetic alopecia (AA) in women provides a summary of hair physiology and biochemistry, a general discussion of AA, and a brief description of other types of hair loss in women. AA associated with signs of virilization is distinguished from AA alone.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Spindler
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Data
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000505:Alopecia / Q000145:classification / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008593:Menopause; D008875:Middle Aged; D014770:Virilism / Q000175:diagnosis