Long-term results of acitretin therapy for hidradenitis suppurativa. Is acne inversa also a misnomer?

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 170-175

  Boer, J ^a   Nazary, M ^b  

^a DEVENTER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETRETIN;

ACNE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEILITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DERMATITIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DRY HAIR; DRY SKIN; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTRICHOSIS; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PAIN; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE EFFECT; STICKY SKIN; SUPPURATIVE HIDRADENITIS; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACITRETIN; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIDRADENITIS SUPPURATIVA; HUMANS; KERATOLYTIC AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 78650471790     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2010.10071.x     Document Type: Article

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