A cerebellar demyelinating lesion following treatment of acne with isotretinoin

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 118-121

  Yaman, M ^a   Albayram, S ^b   Altintas, A ^b   Yeni, S N ^b   Karaagac, N ^b   Islak, C ^b  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CHLORZOXAZONE; DIMENHYDRINATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; ISOTRETINOIN; PARACETAMOL;

ACNE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COUGHING; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE; TINNITUS;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; CEREBELLUM; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOTRETINOIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN A; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 38849110736     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2007.02429.x     Document Type: Article

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