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alopecia
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alopecia (ăl'əpē`shēə): see baldness baldness, thinning or loss of hair as a result of illness, functional disorder, or hereditary disposition; also known as alopecia. Male pattern baldness, a genetic trait, is the most common cause of baldness among white males.
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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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