Aging in women is accompanied by a reduced rate of skin wound healing, which is reversed by treatment with sex steroid hormones (pages 1209—1215).
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Rømer, J., Lund, L. & Danø, K. Healing hormones. Nat Med 3, 1195–1196 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm1197-1195
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