Changing age of acne vulgaris visits: Another sign of earlier puberty?

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 645-648

  Goldberg, Jamie L ^a   Dabade, Tushar S ^a   Davis, Scott A ^a   Feldman, Steven R ^a   Krowchuk, Daniel P ^a   Fleischer, Alan B ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 81255165599     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2011.01643.x     Document Type: Article

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