Severe vulval apocrine acne successfully treated with prednisolone and isotretinoin

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 189-192

  Fearfield, L A ^a   Staughton, R C D ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; ISOTRETINOIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; APOCRINE GLAND; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SUPPURATIVE HIDRADENITIS; VULVA;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; HIDRADENITIS SUPPURATIVA; HUMANS; KERATOLYTIC AGENTS; PREDNISOLONE; TRETINOIN; VULVITIS;

EID: 0033040570     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2230.1999.00451.x     Document Type: Article

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