The sebum excretion rate in rosacea.
The sebum excretion rate (SER) was measured in fifty-five patients with rosacea and 126 control subjects. The mean SER in the patients with rosacea was not increased, nor was there any correlation between SER and severity of rosacea. Our data suggest that seborrhoea plays no part in the pathogenesis of rosacea.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012393:Rosacea / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012629:Sebum / Q000378:metabolism*; D012636:Secretory Rate; D012867:Skin / Q000378:metabolism