European Journal of Dermatology
MENULymecycline in the treatment of acne: an efficacious, safe and cost-effective alternative to minocycline Volume 13, numéro 2, March - April 2003
Illustrations
Luc BOSSUYT, Johan BOSSCHAERT, Bertrand RICHERT, Patricia CROMPHAUT, Tim MITCHELL, Mohamed AL ABADIE, Ian HENRY, Antony BEWLEY, Thomas POYNER, Nick MANN, Janusz CZERNIELEWSKI
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- Page(s) : 130-5
- Année de parution : 2003
Tetracyclines are the most common oral antibiotic treatments prescribed for acne vulgaris and the agents of choice for moderate to moderately severe inflammatory acne that fails to respond to topical therapy [1]. Lymecycline (Tetralysal®) and minocycline (Minocin®) are semi-synthetic tetracycline antibiotics and as a class, display similar efficacy, but differ in their safety profile [2]. Lymecycline is distributed [...]