Reduced sebum production in Turner syndrome: A study of twenty-two patients

International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 789-792

  Brazzelli, Valeria ^a   Calcaterra, V ^a   Muzio, F ^a   Klersy, C ^a   Larizza, D ^a   Borroni, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acne; Sebum production; Sebumeter; Turner's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBUM; TURNER SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHIN; FOLLOW UP; FOREHEAD; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; KARYOTYPE; MENARCHE; PUBERTY; SEBUM PRODUCTION METER; SEBUM SECRETION;

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; GROWTH HORMONE; LEVOTHYROXINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

EID: 80055122267     PISSN: 03946320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/039463201102400325     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Gravholt CH. Epidemiological, endocrine and metabolic features in Turner syndrome. Eur J Endocrinol 2004; 151:657-87. (Pubitemid 40090006)
2. Brazzelli V, Larizza D, Martinetti M, Martinoli S, Calcaterra V, De Silvestri A, Pandolfi R, Borroni G. Halo nevus, rather than vitiligo, is a typical dermatologic finding of Turner's syndrome: clinical, genetic, and immunogenetic study in 72 patients. J Am Acad Dermatol 2004; 51:354-8. (Pubitemid 39178660)
3. Bernasconi S, Larizza D, Benso L, et al. Turner's syndrome in Italy: familial characteristics, neonatal data, standards for birth weight and for height and weight from infancy to adulthood. Acta Paediatr 1994; 83:292-8. (Pubitemid 24121137)
4. Seanger P. Turner's Syndrome. N Engl J Med 1996; 335:1749-54.
5. Borroni G, Larizza D, Vignati G, Zaccone C, Zanetta R, Vignoli GP, Brazzelli V, Bobba C, Rabbiosi G. The dermatological spectrum of Turner syndrome. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 1994; 3:334-40. (Pubitemid 24272250)
6. Brazzelli V, Larizza D, Muzio F, Calcatena V, Fornara L, Klersy C, Bononi G. Low frequency of acne vulgaris in adolescent girls and women with Turner's syndrome: a clinical, genetic and hormonal study of 65 patients. Br J Dermatol 2008; 159:1207-14.
7. Bergfeld WF. The pathophysiology of acne vulgaris in children and adolescents, part 1. Cutis 2004; 74:92-7. (Pubitemid 39207740)
8. Singh R, Carr D. The anatomy and histology of XO human embryos and fetuses. Anat Rec 1966; 155:369-84.
9. Gravholt CH, Svenstrup B, Bennett P, Christiansen JS. Reduced androgen levels in adult Turner syndrome: influence of female sex steroids and growth hormone status. Clin Endocrinol 1999; 50:791-800. (Pubitemid 29284514)
10. Ross JL, Roeltgen D, Stefanatos GA, Feuillan P, Kushner H, Bondy C, Cutler Jr GB Jr. Androgen-responsive aspects of cognition in girls with Turner syndrome. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003; 88:292-6. (Pubitemid 36115180)
11. James WD. Clinical practice. Acne. N Engl J Med 2005; 352:1463-72.
12. Strauss JS, Thiboutot DM. Diseases of the sebaceous glands. In: Fitzpatrick's, Dermatology in general medicine (Freedberg EM, Eisen AZ, Wolff K, Austen KF, Goldsmith LA, Fitzpatrick TB, eds) V edition, McGraw-Hill 1999; 73:769-84.
13. Pochi PE, Strauss JS, Mescon H. Sebum secretion and urinary fractional 17-ketosteroid and total 17-hydroxycorticoid excretion in male castrates. J Invest Dermatol 1962; 39:485-9.
14. Goulden V, Stables GI, Cunliffe WJ. Prevalence of facial acne in adults. J Am Acad Dermatol 1999; 4:577-80. (Pubitemid 29480407)
15. Pochi PE, Strauss JS. Endocrinologic control of the development and activity of the human sebaceous gland. J Invest Dermatol 1974; 62:191-201.
16. Pochi PE, Strauss JS, Downing DT. Age-related changes in sebaceous gland activity. J Invest Dermatol 1979; 73:108-11. (Pubitemid 10136119)