G Noto, F Maneschi, F Palisi, G Pravatà, M Aricò
Sex-hormone binding globulin (SHBG) and androgen serum levels have been evaluated in a homogeneous group of women with female pattern of androgenetic alopecia (AA), stage II, without any clinical or anamnestic evidence of acne, hirsutism, irregular menses. Results did not show any significant difference between patients and controls. Since SHBG levels are androgen-dependent, the discordant results of previous published series regarding women with AA could be related to the presence of a variable number of patients with clinical and/or anamnestic evidence of a "cryptic" hyperandrogenism in some series, and to their absence in others...
September 1989: Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia: Organo Ufficiale, Società Italiana di Dermatologia e Sifilografia