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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="other" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Vestnik dermatologii i venerologii</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Vestnik dermatologii i venerologii</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник дерматологии и венерологии</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">0042-4609</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-6294</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Rossijskoe Obschestvo Dermatovenerologov i Kosmetologov</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">866</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.25208/vdv866</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Статьи</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject></subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Role of polymorphism of the androgen receptor gene andnon-random x chromosome inactivation in the pathogenesisof androgenic alopecia</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Роль полиморфизма гена андрогенового рецептораи неслучайной инактивации хромосомы х в патогенезеандрогенной алопеции</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Mareeva</surname><given-names>A N</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Мареева</surname><given-names>А Н</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>врач-дерматовенеролог консультативно-диагностического отделения; ФГУ «ГНЦД Росмедтехнологий»</p></bio><email>nastasya_66@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en"></institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">ФГУ «ГНЦД Росмедтехнологий»</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2010-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2010</year></pub-date><volume>86</volume><issue>6</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">NO6 (2010)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">№6 (2010)</issue-title><fpage>130</fpage><lpage>134</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2020-03-11"><day>11</day><month>03</month><year>2020</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2010, Mareeva A.N.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2010, Мареева А.Н.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2010</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Mareeva A.N.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Мареева А.Н.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://vestnikdv.ru/jour/article/view/866">https://vestnikdv.ru/jour/article/view/866</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The article presents data on molecular and genetic studies of mechanisms of development of androgenic alopecia as well as
correlation between polymorphism of the androgen receptor gene by the CAG repeat length in exon 1 and androgen-dependent
diseases including alopecia.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Представлены данные о молекулярно-генетических исследованиях механизмов развития андрогенной алопеции, а также взаимосвязи полиморфизма гена андрогенового рецептора по CAG- повтору в 1-м экзоне с андрогензависимыми
заболеваниями, в том числе облысением.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>alopecia</kwd><kwd>androgen receptor</kwd><kwd>genetic polymorphism</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>алопеция</kwd><kwd>андрогеновый рецептор</kwd><kwd>полиморфизм гена</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Машкиллейсон А.А. Алопеция. Лечение кожных болезней: Рук. для врачей. Под ред. А.Л. Машкиллейсона. М.: Медицина, 1990; 460-468.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Sinclair R. Male pattern androgenetic alopecia. Br Med J 1998; 317: 865-9.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B3"><label>3.</label><mixed-citation>Hoffmann R., Happle R. Current understanding of androgenetic alopecia. Part I: ethiopathogenesis. Eur J Dermatol 2000;10: 319-2.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B4"><label>4.</label><mixed-citation>Nyholt D.R., Gillespie N.A., Heath A.C., Martin N.G. 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