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A comparative trial of two retinoids commonly used in the treatment of acne vulgaris

J Nyirady, R M Grossman, M Nighland, R S Berger, J L Jorizzo, Y H Kim, A G Martin, A G Pandya, K K Schulz, J S Strauss Johnson and Johnson Consumer Products Worldwide, Skillman, NJ, USA; University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA; Hill Top Research, Inc.East Brunswick, NJ, USA; Department of Dermatology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA;; Department of Dermatology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; Division of Dermatology, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO, USA;; Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX, USA; Department of Dermatology,University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Pages 149-157 | Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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