This special article is based on the contents of a lecture given by Sampaio and was written together with Bagatin. it is a summary of the authors` experience treating various forms of acne before and after the introduction ...

The use of isotretinoin as a treatment for acne is related to psychiatric syndromes such as psychosis and depression. On the other hand, several drugs have been identified as causing panic attacks. A relationship between ...

Isotretinoin redox behaviour, by voltammetry, at the cathodic pre-treated boron doped diamond electrode by cyclic, differential pulse and square wave voltammetry, and by spectrophotometry in a wide pH range, was investigated. ...

Vitamin A and its derivatives, retinoic acid, tretinoin and isotretinoin, are currently used in dermatological treatments. The administration of high doses of this vitamin provokes congenital malformations in mice: cleft ...

Isotretinoin is the drug of choice for the management of severe recalcitrant nodular acne. Nevertheless, some of its physical-chemical properties are still poorly known. Hence, the aim of our study consisted to comparatively ...

Este artigo especial foi extraído de uma palestra proferida pelo Prof. Sebastião Sampaio e elaborado em conjunto com a Profa Edileia Bagatin. Reflete a experiência dos autores no tratamento das principais formas de acne ...