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Is Baldness Bad for the Heart?

2005; Karger Publishers; Volume: 211; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1159/000085583

1421-9832

Thomas Gutersohn, E. Paul Scheidegger,

Skin Diseases and Diabetes

Various skin conditions are considered to be characteristic markers for elevated coronary disease risk. Over and above these established signs there are reports on other skin signs with possible associations with elevated coronary disease risk, i.e. the horizontal earlobe crease, high breast hair density, precocious graying and male pattern hair loss. A review of the literature is presented in this article, and the relevance of these symptoms is discussed as they are related to the possible myocardial disease risk. The available data on this topic are impressive, but on close assessment most of the studies are marred by methodical errors.