40 Years of Topical Tretinoin Use in Review

June 2013 | Volume 12 | Issue 6 | Original Article | 638 | Copyright © June 2013


Hilary E. Baldwin MD,a Marge Nighland BS,b Clare Kendall MA,c David A. Mays PharmD MBA,c Rachel Grossman MD,b,c and Joan Newburger PhDc

aSUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY bValeant Dermatology, a subsidiary of Valeant Pharmaceuticals North America LLC, Bridgewater, NJ cJohnson & Johnson Consumer & Personal Products Worldwide, Skillman, NJ

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Author Correspondence

Hilary E. Baldwin MDHilary.Baldwin@downstate.edu
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