ALOPECIA, ANDROGENETIC, 1

General Information (adopted from Orphanet):

Synonyms, Signs: ANDROGENETIC ALOPECIA
MPB, INCLUDED
AGA BALDNESS, MALE PATTERN, INCLUDED
AGA1
Number of Symptoms 3
OrphanetNr:
OMIM Id: 109200
ICD-10:
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MeSH:
MedDRA:
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Prevalence, inheritance and age of onset:

Prevalence: No data available.
Inheritance:
Age of onset:

Disease classification (adopted from Orphanet):

Parent Diseases: No data available.

Symptom Information: Sort by abundance 

1
(HPO:0001596) Alopecia 162 / 7739
2
(OMIM) Early baldness 1 / 7739
3
(HPO:0001470) Sex-limited autosomal dominant 7 / 7739

Associated genes:

ClinVar (via SNiPA)

Gene symbol Variation Clinical significance Reference

Additional Information:

Description: (OMIM) Androgenetic alopecia is characterized by a loss of hair from the scalp that follows a defined pattern (Hamilton, 1951). It occurs in women as well as in men. It is caused by a shortening of the anagen (growth) ...
Clinical Description OMIM Hamilton (1951) classified pattern baldness and gave incidence figures.

Carey et al. (1993) identified families with polycystic ovaries (PCO; 184700) in females and premature male pattern baldness in males, inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern. The ...

Molecular genetics OMIM In studies of 81 affected individuals from 14 Caucasian families in which females had polycystic ovaries and males pattern baldness, Carey et al. (1994) found a single-base change in the 5-prime promoter region of the CYP17 gene (609300), ...