Pros and cons of using systemic acitretin in the paediatric population

Acitretin, a synthetic analogue of vitamin A is widely used in dermatology. It has an important role in the treatment of psoriasis and keratinization disorders. In adults its safety and efficacy has been proven in many studies, but there are some concerns regarding the use of acitretin in paediatric...

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Autores principales: Sadowska, Magdalena, Narbutt, Joanna, Skibińska, Małgorzata, Lesiak, Aleksandra
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2020
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Review Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8953885/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35369612
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/ada.2020.98558
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author Sadowska, Magdalena
Narbutt, Joanna
Skibińska, Małgorzata
Lesiak, Aleksandra
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description Acitretin, a synthetic analogue of vitamin A is widely used in dermatology. It has an important role in the treatment of psoriasis and keratinization disorders. In adults its safety and efficacy has been proven in many studies, but there are some concerns regarding the use of acitretin in paediatric population, especially in high doses and as a long-term therapy. In this article we present the main indications of acitretin in children as well as the positive and negative aspects of acitretin treatment in this age population.
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spelling pubmed-89538852022-03-31 Pros and cons of using systemic acitretin in the paediatric population Sadowska, Magdalena Narbutt, Joanna Skibińska, Małgorzata Lesiak, Aleksandra Postepy Dermatol Alergol Review Paper Acitretin, a synthetic analogue of vitamin A is widely used in dermatology. It has an important role in the treatment of psoriasis and keratinization disorders. In adults its safety and efficacy has been proven in many studies, but there are some concerns regarding the use of acitretin in paediatric population, especially in high doses and as a long-term therapy. In this article we present the main indications of acitretin in children as well as the positive and negative aspects of acitretin treatment in this age population. Termedia Publishing House 2020-09-01 2022-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8953885/ /pubmed/35369612 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/ada.2020.98558 Text en Copyright © 2022 Termedia https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) )
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8953885/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/ada.2020.98558
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