Tretinoin photostability: Comparison of micronized tretinoin gel 0.05% and tretinoin gel 0.025% following exposure to fluorescent and solar light

Journal of Clinical and Aesthetic Dermatology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 25-28

  Del Rosso, James ^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;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DEGRADATION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG STABILITY; FLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 84874736982     PISSN: 19412789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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