Estrogen and skin: The effects of estrogen, menopause, and hormone replacement therapy on the skin

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 555-568

  Hall, Glenda ^a   Phillips, Tania J ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; COLLAGEN; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; COSMETIC; DAIDZEIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; ESTRIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GENISTEIN; GESTAGEN; ISOFLAVONE; MEDROGESTONE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; PHYTOESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGE; AGING; BREAST CANCER; CHLOASMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLONE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPREHENSION; DEMENTIA; DERMIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRY SKIN; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; EPIDERMIS; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; ESTROGEN THERAPY; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HIP FRACTURE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; OVARY; OVARY CANCER; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STROKE; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; SUPPLEMENTATION; UTERUS DISEASE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; WRINKLE;

AGING; ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; DERMIS; ELASTIC TISSUE; EPIDERMIS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PUBERTY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN AGING; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 25844513247     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2004.08.039     Document Type: Review

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