Topical tretinoin (retinoic acid) improves early stretch marks

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 519-526

  Kang, Sewon ^a,e   Kim, Kwang J ^a   Griffiths, Christopher E M ^a,c   Wong, Tai Yuen ^b,d   Talwar, Harvinder S ^a   Fisher, Gary J ^a   Gordon, David ^a   Hamilton, Ted A ^a   Ellis, Charles N ^a   Voorhees, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG VEHICLE; RETINOIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; COLLAGEN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; DESMOSINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELASTIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOLYTIC AGENTS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRETINOIN;

EID: 9244253696     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.132.5.519     Document Type: Article

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