What is the most effective treatment for acne rosacea?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  May, David ^a   Kelsberg, Gary ^a   Safranek, Sarah ^b  

^a Valley Family Medicine Residency   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZELAIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; EMOLLIENT AGENT; ISOTRETINOIN; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; OMEPRAZOLE; PERMETHRIN; PLACEBO; RILMENIDINE; SPIRONOLACTONE; SULFACETAMIDE; SULFUR; SUNSCREEN; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; DICARBOXYLIC ACID;

CLINICAL SKIN REACTION; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ERYTHEMA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NOTE; PAPULOPUSTULAR LESION; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PULSED DYE LASER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); ROSACEA; SKIN CARE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TELANGIECTASIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; REVIEW; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DOXYCYCLINE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; METRONIDAZOLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; ROSACEA; TETRACYCLINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952517868     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: 15337294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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