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

© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Endocrinology of the Skin - A Promising Joint Adventure

C. C. Zouboulis 1 , 2 , S. R. Bornstein 3
  • 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
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Publication History

received 15. 1. 2007

accepted 15. 1. 2007

Publication Date:
27 February 2007 (online)

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Key words

dermatology - endocrinology - skin - endocrine gland

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Correspondence

C. C. Zouboulis

Departments of Dermatologyand Immunology

Dessau Medical Center

Auenweg 38

06847 Dessau

Germany

Phone: +49/340/501 40 00

Fax: +49/340/501 40 25

Email: christos.zouboulis@klinikum-dessau.de