Acne vulgaris - An update on pathophysiology and treatment

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 635-637

  Zaidi, Zohra ^a  

^a Zainab Panjwani Hospital   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPALENE; ADAPALENE PLUS BENZOYL PEROXIDE; ANTIANDROGEN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; BOLDENONE; DIANE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FINASTERIDE; GROWTH FACTOR; LINOLEIC ACID; MINOCYCLINE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; RETINOID; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; STERYL SULFATASE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACNE CYSTICA; ACNE VULGARIS; ALOPECIA; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; KERATINIZATION; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOTOXICITY; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; REVIEW; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SEBUM SECRETION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THYROIDITIS;

ACNE VULGARIS; HUMANS; SKIN;

EID: 70349269132     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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