A clinico-epidemiological study of adult acne: Is it different from adolescent acne

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 335-341

  Khunger, Niti ^a   Kumar, Chandan ^a  

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Acne; adult; inflammatory; women

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; AGE; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CHEEK; CHIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMEDO; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; INDIA; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MENTAL STRESS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCAR FORMATION;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; CICATRIX; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84862091608     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: 09733922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.95450     Document Type: Article

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