Association of suicide attempts with acne and treatment with isotretinoin: Retrospective Swedish cohort study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7782, 2010, Pages 1090-

  Sundström, Anders ^a,b,c   Alfredsson, Lars ^c   Sjölin Forsberg, Gunilla ^b   Gerdén, Barbro ^b   Bergman, Ulf ^a,c   Jokinen, Jussi ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b MEDICAL PRODUCTS AGENCY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTRETINOIN;

ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SWEDEN; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOTRETINOIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78449304562     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c5812     Document Type: Article

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