Doxycycline plus levamisole: Combination treatment for severe nodulocystic acne

Journal of Drugs in Dermatology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 737-740

  Ansarin, Habib ^a   Savabynasab, Sayied ^a   Behzadi, Ashkan Heshmatzade ^a   Sadigh, Nader ^b   Hasanloo, Jaleh ^c  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; LEVAMISOLE;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEVAMISOLE; MALE; SKIN;

EID: 55249103472     PISSN: 15459616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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