Adapalene gel 0.1% - Topical retinoid-like molecule - For the treatment of Japanese patients with acne vulgaris: A multicenter, randomized, investigator-blinded, dose-ranging study

Skin Research

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 494-503

  Kawashima, Makoto ^a   Harada, Shotaro ^b   Czernielewski, Janusz ^c   Miyachi, Yoshiki ^d  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation Medical Center Tokyo   (Japan)

^c Galderma R and D   (France)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acne vulgaris; Adapalene; Investigator blinded; RCT; Topical retinoid; Vehicle controlled

Indexed keywords

ADAPALENE;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPLICATION SITE DERMATITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DRY SKIN; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GEL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; JAPANESE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN EXAMINATION;

EID: 37349107236     PISSN: 13471813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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