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SKIN COLLAGEN AND THICKNESS IN ACROMEGALY AND HYPOPITUITARISM
Author(s) -
BLACK M. M.,
SHUSTER* SAM,
BOTTOMS EVA
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
clinical endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1365-2265
pISSN - 0300-0664
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2265.1972.tb00397.x
Subject(s) - acromegaly , hypopituitarism , medicine , endocrinology , forearm , chemistry , pathology , hormone , growth hormone
SUMMARY 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.