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. 2020 Jul;19(7):1545-1547.
doi: 10.1111/jocd.13443. Epub 2020 Apr 23.

A preliminary observation: Male pattern hair loss among hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Spain - A potential clue to the role of androgens in COVID-19 severity

Andy Goren  1 , Sergio Vaño-Galván  2 , Carlos Gustavo Wambier  3 , John McCoy  1 , Alba Gomez-Zubiaur  4 , Oscar M Moreno-Arrones  2 , Jerry Shapiro  5 , Rodney D Sinclair  6 , Michael H Gold  7 , Maja Kovacevic  8 , Natasha Atanaskova Mesinkovska  9 , Mohamad Goldust  10 , Ken Washenik  5   11
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A preliminary observation: Male pattern hair loss among hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Spain - A potential clue to the role of androgens in COVID-19 severity

Andy Goren et al. J Cosmet Dermatol. 2020 Jul.

Abstract

A preliminary observation of high frequency of male pattern hair loss among admitted COVID-19 patients and suggest that androgen expression might be a clue to COVID-19 severity.

Keywords: 5-alpha reductase; ACE2; SARS-CoV-2; TMPRSS2; androgenetic alopecia.

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