Predictive factors for acne flare during isotretinoin treatment

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 452-456

  Demircay, Zeynep ^a   Kus, Sadiye ^b   Sur, Haydar ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ACIBADEM HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acne; Acne fulminans; Deterioration; Flare; Isotretinoin; Predictive factors

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; ISOTRETINOIN; LIPID; LIVER ENZYME; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PREDNISONE; SPIRONOLACTONE; STEROID;

ACNE; ADD ON THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; COMEDO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FACE; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; INFLAMMATION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NODULATION; PAPULE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUSTULE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TRUNK;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSALITY; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOTRETINOIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE;

EID: 47749155578     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2008.0441     Document Type: Article

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