PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Fiurášková, Michala
AU  - Kučerová, Renata
AU  - Kolář, Zdeněk
TI  - PATHOBIOLOGY OF ANDROGENETIC ALOPECIA
DP  - 2003 Nov 1
TA  - Biomedical papers
PG  - 37--41
VI  - 147
IP  - 1
AID - 10.5507/bp.2003.005
IS  - 12138118
AB  - Human hair morphogenesis is a dynamic process caused by the remodelling of the skin. Hair growth is cyclic in mammals consisting of three distinct stages: an active stage (anagen), a regressive stage (catagen), and a resting stage (telogen). One disorder in this process is gradual balding of the scalp called androgenetic alopecia. Little is known about the cell biological or molecular mechanisms involved and thus very little treatment is currently available. In this review we focus on the most significant parameters affecting hair growth which participate in baldness.