A study of androgen and estrogen receptors α β in skin tags

Indian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-24

  El Safoury, Omar ^a   Rashid, Lila ^a   Ibrahim, Magdy ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Acanthosis nigricans; Androgen receptors; Body mass index; Estrogen receptors; Mast cell; Obesity; Sex hormone receptors; Skin tags

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; BETA ACTIN; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA;

ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS; ADULT; ANDROPAUSE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; HYPERINSULINEMIA; MALE; MENOPAUSE; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN TAG; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 77949558341     PISSN: 00195154     EISSN: 19983611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.60345     Document Type: Article

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