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SUBMITTER: Hillmer AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2427264 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hillmer Axel M AM Flaquer Antonia A Hanneken Sandra S Eigelshoven Sibylle S Kortüm Anne-Katrin AK Brockschmidt Felix F FF Golla Astrid A Metzen Christine C Thiele Holger H Kolberg Susanne S Reinartz Roman R Betz Regina C RC Ruzicka Thomas T Hennies Hans Christian HC Kruse Roland R Nöthen Markus M MM
American journal of human genetics 20080221 3
Androgenetic alopecia (AGA, male pattern baldness) is the most common form of hair loss. The origin of AGA is genetic, with the X chromosome located androgen receptor gene (AR) being the only risk gene identified to date. We present the results of a genome-wide linkage study of 95 families and linkage fine mapping of the 3q21-q29, 11q14-q25, 18p11-q23, and 19p13-q13 regions in an extended sample of 125 families of German descent. The locus with strongest evidence for linkage was mapped to 3q26 w ...[more]