Comedone formation: Etiology, clinical presentation, and treatment

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 367-374

  Cunliffe, William J ^a,b   Holland, D B ^a   Jeremy, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYANOACRYLATE; ISOTRETINOIN; LIPID; RETINOID;

ACNE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMEDO; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTOLOGY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFLAMMATION; MICROSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; REVIEW; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN SURFACE; STRATUM CORNEUM; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 8844260412     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2004.03.011     Document Type: Article

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