Subantimicrobial-dose doxycycline in the treatment of moderate facial acne

Journal of Drugs in Dermatology

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1149-1152

  Toossi, Parviz ^a   Farshchian, Mehdi ^a   Malekzad, Farhad ^a   Mohtasham, Nahid ^a   Kimyai Asadi, Arash ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b DERMSURGERY ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60549085631     PISSN: 15459616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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