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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1409-0015</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Medicina Legal de Costa Rica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Med. leg. Costa Rica]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1409-0015</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Asociación Costarricense de Medicina Forense]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1409-00152016000100211</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Acné de causas endocrinológicas]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Monestel Corrales]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Alejandra]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,monestelalejandra@gmail.com  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2016</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>33</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>211</fpage>
<lpage>218</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1409-00152016000100211&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1409-00152016000100211&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1409-00152016000100211&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: El acné constituye una patología dermatológica frecuente en diferentes etapas de la vida, siendo más prevalente entre personas adolescentes. Dentro de su fisiopatología intervienen diferentes procesos los cuales permiten la formación de una lesión inicial que puede avanzar incluso hasta presentar secuelas físicas y emocionales importantes. Al analizar los diferentes componentes implicados en la fisiopatología destaca el papel de hormonas principalmente andrógenos. Surge entonces la interrogante de considerar el acné desde sus posibles agentes causales en este caso particular desde patologías endocrinológicas. Dentro de dichas patologías endocrinológicas se incluyen: el síndrome de ovario poliquístico, el síndrome hipernadrogenismo- resistencia a la insulina- acantosis nigricans (HAIR-AN), el síndrome de seborrea-acné-hirsutismo-alopecia androgenética (SAHA) y la hiperplasia suprarrenal congénita. Se realiza una revisión bibliográfica sobre acné y estos síndromes específicos y se manifiesta la importancia de conocer el acné no solo como una patología sino como una manifestación de otras patologías donde pueden ser diferentes tipos de intervenciones para mitigar posibles implicaciones en la salud como las que puede traer por ejemplo la resistencia a la insulina que acompaña varios de los síndromes anteriormente citados.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: Acne is a common dermatological disease that takes place at different stages of life, being more prevalent among adolescents. Different processes are involved in acne pathophysiology and these ones allow the formation of the initial injury that can advance even to scars that can be both physical and emotional. When analyzing the different components involved in the pathophysiology primarily it emphasizes the role of androgen hormones. This raises the question of considering acne from its possible causative agents and in this particular case from endocrinological diseases. Within these endocrine diseases are included: polycystic ovary syndrome, the hyperandrogenism-insulin resistance acanthosis nigricans syndrome (HAIR-AN), seborrhoea-acne- hirsutism-androgenetic alopecia (SAHA) and congenital adrenal hyperplasia. A literature review on acne and these specific syndromes is performed and it shows the importance of knowing acne not only as a disease but as a manifestation of other diseases which may need different types of interventions to mitigate potential health implications as insuline resistance that accompanies some of the aforementioned syndromes.]]></p></abstract>
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