Precisiones:
Más testosterona o más de la enzima que la procesa químicamente en el cuero cabelludo.
Si tienes este patrón de calvicie ¡cuidado!, infórmate de cómo reducir riesgos en materia de salud del corazón y en materia de salud de próstata.
Referencias:
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Giles, Graham G. et. Al. (2002). Androgenetic Alopecia and Prostate Cancer: Findings from an Australian Case-Control Study. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, 11, 549-553.
Giltay, E. J. et. Al. (2004). Established risk factors for coronary heart disease are unrelated to androgen-induced baldness in female-to-male transsexuals. Journal of Endocrinology, 180, 107-112.
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Poór, V. et. Al. (2002). Urinary steroids in men with male-pattern alopecia. Journal of Biomedical and Biophysical Methods, 53, 123-130.
Yamada, Tomohide. et. Al. (2013). Male pattern baldness and its association with coronary heart disease: a meta-analysis. BMJ open, 3, e002537.