title: Obesity and female androgenic alopecia: a cause and an effect?
authors.affiliation: Division of Dermatology, University of California, San Diego.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Piacquadio
authors.forename: F S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Rad
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Spellman
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Hollenbach
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000505:Alopecia / Q000209:etiology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications*; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications; D017697:Premenopause; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies