Successful isotretinoin treatment of acne in a patient with Apert syndrome

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 534-535

  Dolenc Voljč, Mateja ^a   Finžgar Perme, Meta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Paediatric Outpatient Clinic   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPALENE; AZELAIC ACID; CLINDAMYCIN; ISOTRETINOIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ACNE; ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLY; ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMEDO; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRY SKIN; FACE DEFORMITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PAPULE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSTULE; REMISSION; SCAR FORMATION;

ACNE VULGARIS; ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLIA; ADOLESCENT; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; HUMANS; ISOTRETINOIN; MALE;

EID: 53349174377     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0501     Document Type: Letter

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