Severity Assessment and Outcome Measures in Acne Vulgaris
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Early predictors of severity of acne vulgaris.
Eight hundred and seventy one girls (439 black and 432 white) from public and parochial schools, representing diverse socio-economic groups, were recruited for this study, as a part of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Growth and Health Study from 1987 through 1991. The annual examinations included age, date of onset of menarche, severity of acne and anthropometric measurements. S...
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THE object of this paper is to set out shortly some of the etiological factors in acne vulgaris, and to indicate the bearing which they have on treatment. It is, unfortunately, often regarded as a condition about which nothing is known, and to which treatment makes very little difference; and patients are too frequently told that they must just wait until it disappears. Acne is so common as to ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Dermatology Reports
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2162-4933
DOI: 10.1007/s13671-012-0016-8