Tretinoin photostability: Comparison of micronized tretinoin (0.05%) gel and tretinoin (0.025%) gel following exposure to ultraviolet A light

Journal of Clinical and Aesthetic Dermatology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-29

  Del Rosso, James Q ^a   Harper, Julie ^b   Pillai, Radhakrishnan ^c   Moore, Robert ^c  

^a VALLEY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEGRADATION; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG STABILITY; GEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

EID: 84855896944     PISSN: 19412789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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