Abstract
Vitamin A is essential for growth and development, reproduction and vision in humans. Chemical modification of vitamin A has yielded compounds showing therapeutic promise in skin and neoplastic diseases. The medicinal use of retinoids (vitamin A and its derivatives) is limited by the toxicity associated with this group of compounds. One retinoid, 13-cis-retinoic acid, has proved to be quite effective in the treatment of severe recalcitrant cystic acne under conditions in which toxicity is manageable.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 221-226 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | American Family Physician |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - 1984 |
| Externally published | Yes |