SKIN COLLAGEN AND THICKNESS IN ACROMEGALY AND HYPOPITUITARISM |
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| Authors: | M M BLACK SAM SHUSTER EVA BOTTOMS |
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| Affiliation: | University Department of Dermatology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne |
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| Abstract: | The thickness of the forearm skin and its collagen content and density were measured in a group of patients with acromegaly and hypopituitarism. In acromegaly the total content, thickness and collagen density were all increased. There was a smaller and less consistent increase in percentage collagen content. In hypopituitarism total skin collagen and thickness were both decreased and collagen density and percentage collagen content remained normal. |
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