Anti‐androgen treatment in women with acne: a controlled trial

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 1986, Pages 705-716

  MILLER, J A ^a   WOJNAROWSKA, FENELLA T ^b   DOWD, PAULINE M ^b   ASHTON, R E ^b   O'BRIEN, T J ^b   GRIFFITHS, W A D ^b   JACOBS, H S ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN ANTIBODY; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; DIANE; ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS NORETHISTERONE ACETATE; NORETHISTERONE ACETATE; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACNE; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ARTICLE; BREAST; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DRUG COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG THERAPY; FATIGUE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERMENORRHEA; INTOXICATION; LARGE INTESTINE; LIBIDO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTALGIA; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROTOXICITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEBUM SECRETION; THERAPY; VERTIGO;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; CLINICAL TRIALS; CYPROTERONE; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NORETHINDRONE; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0022496422     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1986.tb04880.x     Document Type: Article

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