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  1. Departments of Dermatology and Immunology, Dessau Medical Center, Auenweg 38, 06847, Dessau, Germany

    Christos C. Zouboulis

  2. Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany

    Christos C. Zouboulis

  3. Department of Dermatology, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Fabeckstrasse 60-62, 14195, Berlin, Germany

    Evgenia Makrantonaki

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    Jean Krutmann

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Zouboulis, C.C., Makrantonaki, E. (2006). The Role of Hormones in Intrinsic Aging. In: Gilchrest, B.A., Krutmann, J. (eds) Skin Aging. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-32953-6_6

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