Hypopigmented macules of photodamaged skin and their treatment with topical tretinoin

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 305-310

  Pagnoni, Alessandra ^a   Kligman, Albert M ^a,b   Sadiq, Iqbal ^a   Stoudemayer, Tracy ^a  

^a SKIN Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis; Macular hypomelanosis; Microtopography

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPIGMENTATION; DEVICE; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOMELANOSIS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; KERATINOCYTE; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUCTION; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; KERATOLYTIC AGENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PHILADELPHIA; PHOTOGRAPHY; SKIN; SKIN AGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRETINOIN;

EID: 0032968206     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000155599750010724     Document Type: Article

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