Does facial sebum excretion really affect the development of acne?

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 919-924

  Youn, Sang Woong ^a   Park, E S ^a   Lee, D H ^a   Huh, C H ^a   Park, K C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Acne; Acne grading system; Sebum; Sebumeter

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEEK; CHIN; COMEDO; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACE; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HUMAN; NOSE; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEBUM SECRETION; SKIN INFLAMMATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHOTOGRAPHY; SEBUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN;

EID: 27544456867     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06794.x     Document Type: Article

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