Acne and its treatment options - A Review

Current Drug Delivery

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 634-639

  Shayeda, D Sathish ^a   Rao, Y Madhusudan ^a  

^a KAKATIYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acne; Antiacne agents; Black heads; Cosmetics; Inflammatory acne; Non inflammatory acne; Over the counter; White heads

Indexed keywords

ADAPALENE; ASTRINGENT AGENT; AZELAIC ACID; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; CITRIC ACID; CLEARASIL; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; COSMETIC; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; DAPSONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUTAMIDE; GLUCURONIC ACID; GLYCOLIC ACID; HYDROQUINONE; ISOTRETINOIN; LACTIC ACID; LINCOMYCIN; NICOTINAMIDE; PYRUVIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID; SALICYLIC ACID; SOAP; SPIRONOLACTONE; SULFUR; SUNSCREEN; TAZAROTENE; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZINC;

ACNE; ACNE VULGARIS; COMEDO; DERMATITIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; LOTION; LUFFA; OAK; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; RETINA DISEASE; REVIEW; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ACNE VULGARIS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; HUMANS;

EID: 80054084627     PISSN: 15672018     EISSN: 18755704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/156720111797635540     Document Type: Review

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