Acne is prevalent but use of its treatments is infrequent among adolescents from the general population

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 163-168

  Nijsten, Tamar ^a   Rombouts, S ^a   Lambert, J ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acne; Epidemiology; General population; Inflammatory dermatoses; Medical care; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ADAPALENE; ANTI ACNE AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZELAIC ACID; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; CLINDAMYCIN; DIANE; ERYTHROMYCIN; ISOTRETINOIN; LYMECYCLINE; MINOCYCLINE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOID; ROACUTANE; TETRACYCLINE; TOPICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; BELGIUM; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENDER BIAS; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PAPULE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSTULE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN INFLAMMATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX; TRUNK; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BELGIUM; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETINOIDS;

EID: 33846347329     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.01829.x     Document Type: Article

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