Azithromycin for the systemic treatment of inflammatory acneic lesions: An open study;L'azitromicina: Una nuova arma per la terapia sistemica delle manifestazioni acneiche infiammatorie

Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 327-331

  Caputo, R ^a   Barbareschi, M ^a   Veraldi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acne rosacea, drug therapy; Acne vulgaris, drug therapy; Azithromycin; Dermatitis

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN;

ACNE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN STUDY; PERIORAL DERMATITIS; PHOTOTOXICITY; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; ROSACEA; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141920512     PISSN: 03920488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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