Assessment of androgens in women with adult-onset acne

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1188-1191

  Seirafi, Hassan ^a   Farnaghi, Farshad ^a   Vasheghani farahani, Amir ^a   Alirezaie, Najmeh Sadaat ^a   Esfahanian, Fatemeh ^a   Firooz, Alireza ^a   Ghodsi, Seyedeh Zahra ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ACNE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; ANDROGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HIRSUTISM; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 35848936108     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2007.03411.x     Document Type: Article

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