Childhood acne: Evaluation and management

Dermatologic Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 202-209

  Cantatore Francis, Julie L ^a   Glick, Sharon A ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood acne; Infantile acne; Neonatal acne; Neonatal cephalic pustulosis; Prepubertal acne

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZELAIC ACID; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DACTINOMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; ISONIAZID; ISOTRETINOIN; KETOCONAZOLE; PHENYTOIN; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOID; SALICYLIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE;

ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ACNE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECZEMA; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; MELANOSIS; MOOD CHANGE; PREPUBERTY; PUSTULOSIS; REVIEW; SEBACEOUS GLAND DISEASE; SIDE EFFECT;

ACNE VULGARIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KERATOLYTIC AGENTS; SEBACEOUS GLANDS; SKIN CARE;

EID: 33748670508     PISSN: 13960296     EISSN: 15298019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8019.2006.00076.x     Document Type: Review

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