title: Patterned androgenic alopecia in women.
abstract: Recession of the frontal and frontoparietal hair line in women has been regarded as a marker for pathologic virilization. In a clinical survey of 564 normal women in the population, frontal and frontoparietal recessions were found in 13% of premenopausal and in 37% of postmenopausal women. Patterned hair loss in women is commoner than hitherto described, particularly after the menopause. In the absence of other signs of virilization, "male-pattern" hair loss would therefore appear to be a poor indicator of gross abnormality of androgen metabolism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Slade Hospital, Headington, Oxford, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Venning
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Dawber
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000505:Alopecia / Q000378:metabolism*; D000728:Androgens / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause / Q000378:metabolism*; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000728:Androgens