title: Conditions simulating androgenetic alopecia.
abstract: Androgenetic alopecia is a common form of hair loss, characterized by a progressive hair follicular miniaturization, caused by androgen hormones on a genetically susceptible hair follicle, in androgenic-dependent areas. Characteristic phenotype of androgenetic alopecia is also observed in many other hair disorders. These disorders are androgenetic-like diseases that cause many differential diagnosis or therapeutic error problems. The objective of this review was to systematically analyse the greatest number of conditions that mimic the AGA pattern and explain their disease pathogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità mediche Clinica Dermatologica, University of Rome 'Sapienza', I School Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità mediche Clinica Dermatologica, University of Rome 'Sapienza', I School Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iorio
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità mediche Clinica Dermatologica, University of Rome 'Sapienza', I School Italy.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Di Nunno
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità mediche Clinica Dermatologica, University of Rome 'Sapienza', I School Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Priolo
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità mediche Clinica Dermatologica, University of Rome 'Sapienza', I School Italy.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Fortuna
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità mediche Clinica Dermatologica, University of Rome 'Sapienza', I School Italy.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Garelli
authors.affiliation: Dermatology University of Rome 'Sapienza', II School Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carlesimo
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità mediche Clinica Dermatologica, University of Rome 'Sapienza', I School Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Calvieri
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità mediche Clinica Dermatologica, University of Rome 'Sapienza', I School Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mari
mesh_terms: D000505:Alopecia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism; D000728:Androgens / Q000378:metabolism*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018859:Hair Follicle / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000728:Androgens