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Androgenetic alopecia

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androgenetic alopecia
n.
2. A condition of hair loss in women similar to male pattern baldness, but beginning later in life and less severe.

Androgenetic alopecia
Hair loss that develops into baldness and affects both men and women.
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Tokyo, Japan, May 30, 2006 - (JCN) - On May 29, Banyu Pharmaceutical announced that the results of its recent trial of Propecia, an agent for the treatment of androgenetic alopecia (AGA), have been published in the May 16 issue of Japanese Journal of Clinical Dermatology, an academic dermatology journal.
More than 30 million American men have androgenetic alopecia, better-known as male-pattern baldness, a condition caused by genetics and hormones in the scalp.
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