Neurotoxicity related to the use of topical tretinoin (Retin-A)

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 227-228

  Bernstein, Allan L ^a,b   Leventhal Rochon, Jeanne L ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID;

ACNE; ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030027695     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-124-2-199601150-00006     Document Type: Article

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