Is oral isotretinoin the treatment of choice in moderate and severe inflammatory acne vulgaris? [14]

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1270-1271

  Verros, C D ^a   Rallis, E ^a  

^a General Military Hospital of Athens ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; ISOTRETINOIN; MINOCYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE;

ACNE VULGARIS; ANXIETY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMBRYOTOXICITY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; LETTER; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PARONYCHIA; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TOOTH DISCOLORATION; TOOTH MALFORMATION; URTICARIA;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; HUMANS; ISOTRETINOIN;

EID: 34548764332     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2007.02162.x     Document Type: Letter

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