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Androgenetic
alopecia nomenclature
There are many different names for what is commonly called male
pattern alopecia. Below is a list of the more common terms that
you may come across.
The term androgenetic alopecia is popular among scientists and
clinicians as it indicates the hormonal nature of the hair loss
and it is not gender specific. "Pattern baldness" is becoming
an increasingly poular term and stems from dropping the "male"
or "female" from male pattern baldness or female pattern
baldness. However, male pattern baldness and female pattern baldness
distinguish two different clinical patterns of hair loss and so
it is useful to retain these gender specific names.
In some countries the term seborrheic alopecia is used. However,
the name is not popular with most scientists and clinicians in the
hair research field as the name suggests seborrhea is implicated
in the hair loss. It is quite common to have hair loss without any
associated seborrhea. Seborrhea and alopecia are two seperate conditions
that need not occur together. To avoid making such false associations
with nomenclature most dermatologists do not use this name.
- Androgenetic alopecia (AGA)
- Androgenic alopecia (AGA)
- Androchronogenetic alopecia (AGA)
- Male pattern baldness (MPB)
- Female pattern baldness (FPB)
- Male pattern alopecia (MPA)
- Female pattern alopecia (FPA)
- Female androgenetic alopecia (FAGA)
- Male androgenetic alopecia (MAGA)
- Seborrheic alopecia
Androgenetic
alopecia nomenclature
- Camacho
F, Montagna W. Trichology. Diseases of the pilosebaceous follicle.
S. Karger Publishers Inc. Farmington, USA. 1998. ISBN: 3-8055-6672-7.
- Dawber R. Diseases
of the hair and scalp. Third Edition. Blackwell Science Publishers
Ltd. Oxford, UK. 1997. ISBN: 0-86542-866-2.
- Matias
JR, Malloy V, Orentreich N. Animal models of androgen-dependent
disorders of the pilosebaceous apparatus. 1. The androchronogenetic
alopecia (AGA) mouse as a model for male-pattern baldness. Arch
Dermatol Res. 1989;281(4):247-53.
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