A rare side-effect of systemic isotretinoin treatment: Pyogenic granuloma [6]

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 609-611

  Türel, Aylin ^a   Ozturkcan S ^a   Sahin M T ^a   Turkdogan P ^a  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTRETINOIN; RETINOID DERIVATIVE; RETINOL DERIVATIVE;

ACNE; ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; COMEDO; DERMATOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ERYTHEMA; FACE DISORDER; GRANULATION TISSUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; PUSTULE; PYOGENIC GRANULOMA; SKIN NODULE;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FACIAL DERMATOSES; GRANULOMA, PYOGENIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOTRETINOIN; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0141427958     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3083.2003.00620.x     Document Type: Letter

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