REDUCED SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN AND DERIVED FREE TESTOSTERONE LEVELS IN WOMEN WITH SEVERE ACNE

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1981, Pages 87-91

  LAWRENCE, DAPHNE M ^a,b   KATZ, M ^a,b   ROBINSON, T W E ^a,b   NEWMAN, MAUREEN C ^a,b   McGARRIGLE, H H G ^a,b   SHAW, MARCIA ^a,b   LACHELIN, GILLIAN C L ^a,b  

^a University College   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; SEX HORMONE BINDING PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ACNE; DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ETIOLOGY; HIRSUTISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0019481635     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.1981.tb02752.x     Document Type: Article

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