Sex Hormones And The Skin: Questionnaire For Practicing Veterinarians. Bibliographic Update And Synthesis
January 2014
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HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
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Studysummary This review provides an update on sex hormone-associated dermatoses in dogs, detailing known conditions like feminization syndrome and exploring less understood issues such as alopecia X, without presenting new clinical findings. Our plain-language summary of this paper — not a Tressless recommendation.
This document provided a bibliographic update on dermatoses in dogs associated with sex hormones, highlighting conditions such as feminization syndrome, hyperestrogenism, and hyperandrogenism. It also discussed alopecia X and recurrent flank alopecia, which were attributed to sex hormones without definitive proof. A new condition, "puppy coat," involving coat changes post-neutering, was mentioned. A survey targeting veterinarians confirmed literature-reported symptoms and described previously undocumented coat and skin changes linked to hormone medications, despite limited responses. The study underscored a lack of data on certain dermatoses and their relationship with sex hormones.
