Assessment of androgens in women with adult-onset acne
โ Scribed by Hassan Seirafi; Farshad Farnaghi; Amir Vasheghani-Farahani; Najmeh-Sadaat Alirezaie; Fatemeh Esfahanian; Alireza Firooz; Seyedeh Zahra Ghodsi
- Book ID
- 110878177
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 90 KB
- Volume
- 46
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0011-9059
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Androgens are an essential prerequisite for the development of acne. The present study was undertaken to characterize the androgen status of women with late onset and persistent acne only and, using the dexamethasone (dex) suppression test, to identify the source(s) of the androgen excess. We measur
## Background: Although many arguments have been put forth supporting the role of androgens in the aetiology of acne, their part in determining the severity of the disease is not well established. ## Objectives: The aim of our study was to evaluate the relationship between acne severity and the c