Thyroid hormone action on skin

Dermato-Endocrinology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 211-215

  Safer, Joshua D ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous; Dermis; Epidermis; Skin; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HYALURONIC ACID; KERATIN; THYROID HORMONE;

AUTOIMMUNITY; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; GRAVES DISEASE; HAIR; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MYXEDEMA; NAIL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SKIN; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SWEAT GLAND; THYROTOXICOSIS;

EID: 80054040882     PISSN: 19381972     EISSN: 19381980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/derm.17027     Document Type: Review

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