Finasteride or sabal extract in acne?;FINASTERID ODER SABALEXTRAKT BEI AKNE?

Medizinische Monatsschrift fur Pharmazeuten

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 83-

  Oberpichler Schwenk, Heike ^a  

^a Deutscher Apotheker Verlag Dr Roland Schmiedel GmbH & Co   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINASTERIDE;

ACNE; HUMAN; NOTE; SABAL; SEBUM;

ACNE VULGARIS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FATTY ACIDS; FINASTERIDE; HUMANS; PHYTOSTEROLS;

EID: 13144249135     PISSN: 03429601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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