Mobile teledermatology helping patients control high-need acne: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 919-924

  Fruhauf J ^a,b   Krock S ^b   Quehenberger, F ^b   Kopera, D ^b   Fink Puches, R ^b   Komericki, P ^b   Pucher, S ^c   Arzberger, E ^b   Hofmann Wellenhof, R ^b  

^a JF Private Dermatology Practice   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c E derm consult Gmbh   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTRETINOIN; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT;

ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BONE PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRY EYE; DRY LIP; DRY SKIN; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; GLOBAL ACNE SEVERITY SCALE; HAIR LOSS; HEADACHE; HIGH NEED ACNE; HUMAN; LIP DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MOBILE TELEDERMATOLOGY; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT CONSULTATION; PATIENT BENEFIT INDEX; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELECONSULTATION; TELEDERMATOLOGY; TOTAL LESION COUNTING; ACNE VULGARIS; AMBULATORY CARE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACIAL DERMATOSES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TELEMEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; BODY WEIGHT; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOTRETINOIN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TELEMEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928318596     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jdv.12723     Document Type: Article

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