The pathophysiology of acne vulgaris in children and adolescents, part 1

Cutis

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 92-97

  Bergfeld, Wilma F ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CHOLESTEROL; CYTOKINE; ELECTROLYTE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FATTY ACID; FLUTAMIDE; HORMONE ANTAGONIST; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 8; SPHINGOLIPID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; WATER;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ADRENARCHE; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; AXILLA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMEDO; CORYNEBACTERIUM ACNES; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DARIER DISEASE; DESQUAMATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA SYNTHESIS; FACE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; KERATINIZATION; KERATINOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PAPULE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PUSTULE; REVIEW; SCALP; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SEBUM SECRETION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN EPITHELIUM; SKIN FUNCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRATUM CORNEUM; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ANDROGENS; CHILD; HUMANS;

EID: 4444365893     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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