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Terapia dell’androgenizzazione cutanea nella donna

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L’androgenizzazione cutanea femminile, espressa da iperseborrea, acne, ipertricosi e defluvium capitis, è determinata da un’iperstimolazione dell’apparato pilo-sebaceo da parte degli androgeni. Può essere idiopatica o sintomatica ed è efficacemente trattata con farmaci ad attività antiandrogena. In questa rassegna vengono illustrate le molecole dotate di attività antiandrogena, il loro meccanismo d’azione, gli effetti collaterali e gli schemi terapeutici più maneggevoli ed efficaci utilizzabili nella pratica clinica.

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    Chiara Manieri,  Cataldo Di Bisceglie, Milena Tagliabue, Loredana Brocato & Franco Camanni

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Manieri, C., Di Bisceglie, C., Tagliabue, M. et al. Terapia dell’androgenizzazione cutanea nella donna. L’Endocrinologo 2, 110–118 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03344394

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