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Hormones and acne: pathophysiology, clinical evaluation, and therapies
1Division of Dermatology, The Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, USA.
Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery
|October 12, 2001
Abstract:
Hormonal aspects of acne are of particular interest in treating adult women. A review of the role of hormones in the pathogenesis of acne, guidelines for the workup of a suspected endocrine disorder, and an overview of the use of hormonal therapy in women with endocrine problems and in normal women is presented.