Prevalence and severity of facial and truncal acne in a referral cohort

Journal of Drugs in Dermatology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 553-556

  Tan, Jerry K L ^a   Tang, Jing ^b   Fung, Karen ^c   Gupta, Aditya K ^d,e   Thomas, D Richard ^f   Sapra, Sheetal ^g   Lynde, Charles ^h   Poulin, Yves ⁱ   Gulliver, Wayne ^j   Sebaldt, Rolf J ^k,l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Windsor Clinical Research Inc   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e MEDIPROBE RESEARCH INC   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g Institute of Cosmetic and Laser Surgery   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^j MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^k MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^l FigP Software Incorporated   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACK; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; FACE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SKIN; THORAX;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACK; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN; THORAX;

EID: 47249136409     PISSN: 15459616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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