Acne refractory to isotretinoin treatment in male patients: Responsibility of androgens in 9 cases; therapeutic implications;Acne de l'homme resistant a l'isotretinoine et responsabilite des androgenes: 9 cas, implications therapeutiques

Annales de Dermatologie et de Venereologie

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-19

  Chaspoux, C ^a   Lehucher Ceyrac, D ^a   Morel, P ^a   Lefrancq, H ^b   Boudou, P ^a   Fiet, J ^a   Vexiau, P ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Hoffman La Roche ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTRETINOIN; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; ANDROGEN;

ACNE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERADRENOCORTICISM; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HYPERANDROGENISM;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANDROGENS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERANDROGENISM; ISOTRETINOIN; MALE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0032618968     PISSN: 01519638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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