RT Book, Section
A1 Shinkai, Kanade
A1 Fox, Lindy P.
A2 Papadakis, Maxine A.
A2 McPhee, Stephen J.
A2 Rabow, Michael W.
A2 McQuaid, Kenneth R.
SR Print(0)
ID 1188115038
T1 Acne Vulgaris
T2 Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2022
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264269389
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1188115038
RD 2024/04/23
AB ESSENTIALS  OF  DIAGNOSISAlmost  universal  in  puberty;  may  begin  in  premenarchal  girls  and  present  or  persist  into  the  fourth  or  fifth  decade.Comedones  are  the  hallmark.  Severity  varies  from  comedonal  to  papular  or  pustular  inflammatory  acne  to  cysts  or  nodules.Face,  neck,  and  upper  trunk  may  be  affected.Scarring  may  be  a  sequela  of  the  disease  or  picking  by  the  patient.