Defining pseudofolliculitis barbae in 2001: A review of the literature and current trends

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 46, Issue 2 III, 2002, Pages

  Perry, Patricia K ^a,b   Cook Bolden, Fran E ^a,b   Rahman, Zakia ^a,b   Jones, Elena ^a,b   Taylor, Susan C ^a,b  

^a St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital ^*

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYACID; ADAPALENE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZELAIC ACID; BENZAMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GLYCOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROQUINONE; ISOTRETINOIN; KOJIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; LIQUID NITROGEN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PREDNISONE; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOID; SALICYLIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; UREA;

ACNE VULGARIS; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROLYSIS; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ERYTHEMA; FOLLICULITIS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HISPANIC; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMPETIGO; PAPULE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOFOLLICULITIS BARBAE; SCAR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN CARE; SKIN INFLAMMATION; TINEA BARBAE; ESTHETIC SURGERY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEGRO; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; HAIR REMOVAL; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17444435030     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2002.120789     Document Type: Article

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