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New Concepts for Delivery of Topical Retinoid Activity to Human Skin

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Retinoids

Part of the book series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology ((HEP,volume 139))

Abstract

Retinoic acid is widely used for topical therapy of several skin diseases; it also improves the aspect of chronic solar damage (Weiss et al. 1988). Topical retinoic acid induces irritation of the skin, which precludes its use in some skin diseases that respond to systemic retinoids (Griffiths et al. 1995; Weiss et al. 1988).

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    Heinz Nau

  2. Department of Medicine Division of Preventive Medicine & Nutrition, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, 630 West 168th Street, New York, NY, 10032, USA

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Saurat, JH., Sorg, O., Didierjean, L. (1999). New Concepts for Delivery of Topical Retinoid Activity to Human Skin. In: Nau, H., Blaner, W.S. (eds) Retinoids. Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, vol 139. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58483-1_18

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