Acne

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7575, 2006, Pages 949-953

  Purdy, Sarah ^a   De Berker, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPALENE; ANABOLIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZELAIC ACID; BENZAMYCIN; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; DIANE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; ISOTRETINOIN; LITHIUM; LYMECYCLINE; MINOCYCLINE; NORETHISTERONE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; OXYTETRACYCLINE; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOID DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE; ZINERYT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; RETINOID;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ACNE; ACNE VULGARIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BLOOD DISEASE; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COUNSELING; DERMATITIS; DIARRHEA; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DYSPHAGIA; EPISTAXIS; ERYTHEMA; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; FOOD DRUG INTERACTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; INFECTION; LIP DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TOXICITY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MENTAL DISEASE; MILK; MOOD DISORDER; NAUSEA; PANCREATITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; REVIEW; ROSACEA; SCAR FORMATION; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VOMITING; XEROSIS; DIET; FEMALE; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETINOIDS;

EID: 33750949241     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38987.606701.80     Document Type: Review

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