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Acne

A fixed-dose combination of adapalene 0.1%–BPO 2.5% allows an early and sustained improvement in quality of life and patient treatment satisfaction in severe acne

Robert T. BrodellProfessor of Internal Medicine, Dermatology Section, Northeastern Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, USA
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Bethanee J. SchlosserDepartment of Dermatology, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA
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Elyse RafalDerm Research Center of New York, Inc., Stony Brook, NY, USA
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Darryl TothXLR8 Medical Research, Inc., Windsor, Canada
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Stephen TyringCenter for Clinical studies, Houston, TX, USA
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Albert WertheimerTemple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
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Nabil KerroucheGalderma R&D, Sophia Antipolis, France
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Delphine BucherGalderma International, La Défense, FranceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 26-34 | Received 25 Aug 2011, Accepted 29 Aug 2011, Published online: 04 Jan 2012

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