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Skin collagen changes in postmenopausal women receiving different regimens of estrogen therapy

M. Brincat, +2 more
- 01 Mar 1988 - 
- Vol. 9, Iss: 4, pp 384
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Estrogen replacement therapy is shown to be prophylactic in women who have higher skin collagen levels and both prophyllactic and therapeutic in women with lower skin collagen Levels.
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This article is published in Maturitas.The article was published on 1988-03-01. It has received 15 citations till now.

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Estrogen Effects on Wound Healing.

TL;DR: Understanding the role of estrogen on skin might provide further opportunities to develop estrogen-related therapy for assistance in wound healing.
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Collagen concentration on the facial skin of postmenopausal women after topical treatment with estradiol and genistein: a randomized double-blind controlled trial

TL;DR: Treatment with topical estrogen is superior to genistein, but both have positive impacts on facial skin collagen, Nevertheless, it is still unclear whether prolonged use ofgenistein and other topical phytoestrogens could produce systemic effects and further research is needed to clarify this question.
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Ultrasonographic assessment of skin thickness in patients with PCOS – a case-control study

TL;DR: Patients with polycystic ovary syndrome showed a greater skin thickness in comparison to women without PCOS, which might be due to proliferative effects of sex steroids such as estrogens and testosterone and metabolic derangements on skin thickness.

Hormone Replacement Therapy

TL;DR: All patients receiving hormone replacement therapy should be evaluated annually, and breast and pelvic examinations should be performed and a Pap smear taken, and attention should be directed to cholesterol, blood pressure, and the effectiveness of treatment.
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Hormonal modulation of ageing skin microstructure and mechanical properties

TL;DR: This paper aims to provide a chronology of the events leading up to and including the publication of this book and some of the key events that led to its publication.
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