Acne in adult women: Behavior, hormone and ovarian ultrasonographic profile;Mulheres adultas com acne: Aspectos comportamentais, perfis hormonal e ultrasonográfico ovariano

Revista Brasileira de Saude Materno Infantil

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-44

  Teixeira, Márcia Almeida Galvão ^a   De França, Emmanuel Rodrigues ^a  

^a Universidade de Pernambuco   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acne; Androgens; Behavior; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249110708     PISSN: 15193829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1519-38292007000100005     Document Type: Article

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