Endocrinology of the Skin - A Promising Joint Adventure

C. C. Zouboulis; S. R. Bornstein

doi:10.1055/s-2007-967095

Hormone and Metabolic Research, Table of Contents

Horm Metab Res 2007; 39(2): 69-70
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-967095

Editorial

Endocrinology of the Skin - A Promising Joint Adventure

C. C. Zouboulis¹ ^, ² , S. R. Bornstein³

¹Departments of Dermatology and Immunology, Dessau Medical Center, Dessau, Germany
²Laboratory of Biogerontology, Dermato-Pharmacology and Dermato-Endocrinology, Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
³Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital, Department of Medicine III, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Abstract

Key words

dermatology - endocrinology - skin - endocrine gland

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C. C. Zouboulis

Departments of Dermatologyand Immunology

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