Acne vulgaris in skin of color

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 46, Issue 2 III, 2002, Pages

  Taylor, Susan C ^a,b   Cook Bolden, Fran ^a,b   Rahman, Zakia ^a,b   Strachan, Dina ^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; ANTI ACNE AGENT; AZELAIC ACID; BENZAMYCIN; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COSMETIC; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; HYDROQUINONE; ISOTRETINOIN; MINOCYCLINE; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOID; SALICYLIC ACID; SULFACETAMIDE; TAZAROTENE; TETRACYCLINE;

ACNE VULGARIS; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HISPANIC; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; NEGRO; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SKIN CARE; SKIN COLOR; ASIAN AMERICAN; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; UNITED STATES;

ACNE VULGARIS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN AMERICANS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17444454986     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2002.120791     Document Type: Article

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