Acne in the adult

Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Ascenso, A ^a   Marques, H Cabral ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MEDICINES IMED ULISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acne; Adult; Antibiotics; Chemical structures; Hormones; Physiopathology; Prevalence; Retinoids

Indexed keywords

ADAPALENE; AZELAIC ACID; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; BETA CYCLODEXTRIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DIANE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETRETIN; ETRETINATE; FLUTAMIDE; INTERMEDIN; ISOTRETINOIN; LYMECYCLINE; MINOCYCLINE; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; PRASTERONE SULFATE; RETINAL; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOL; SPIRONOLACTONE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; SUBSTANCE P; SULFACETAMIDE; SULFUR; TAZAROTENE; TESTOSTERONE; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZINC ACETATE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RETINOID; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANXIETY; ARTHRALGIA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHEILITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRY EYE; DRY SKIN; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPISTAXIS; FOLLICULITIS; GRANULATION TISSUE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPEROSTOSIS; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALASSEZIA; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT CARE; PERIORAL DERMATITIS; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PHOTOAGING; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; REVIEW; ROSACEA; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN ABRASION; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN EXFOLIATION; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN REDNESS; SKIN SURGERY; TERATOGENICITY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VAGINAL DRYNESS; ADULT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; HUMANS; RETINOIDS;

EID: 62749120323     PISSN: 13895575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138955709787001730     Document Type: Review

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