Topical therapy with tretinoin and ammonium lactate for acanthosis nigricans associated with obesity

Cutis

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-34

  Blobstein, Steven H ^a,b,c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b State University of New York Health Science Center   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM LACTATE; MICRO; RETINOIC ACID; KERATOLYTIC AGENT; LACTIC ACID; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREAM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG FORMULATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LOTION; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN DISEASE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; DRUG COMBINATION; PATHOLOGY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; KERATOLYTIC AGENTS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; OBESITY; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; TRETINOIN;

EID: 0037256252     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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