Minocycline for acne - An update

Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-8

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CLINDAMYCIN; CO CYPRINDIOL; DOXYCYCLINE; FUSIDIC ACID; ISOTRETINOIN; LYMECYCLINE; MINOCYCLINE; OXYTETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINERYT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ACNE; ARTHROPATHY; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; DRUG COST; DRUG SAFETY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LUPUS LIKE SYNDROME; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRESCRIPTION; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VASCULITIS; ACNE VULGARIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECONOMICS;

ACNE VULGARIS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG COSTS; HUMANS; MINOCYCLINE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS;

EID: 70349580533     PISSN: 00126543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/dtb.2008.12.0032     Document Type: Review

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