SUPPLEMENT INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES: Update on Truncal Acne: A Review of Treatments for a Neglected Disease and the Re-Emergence of Tazarotene

December 2022 | Volume 21 | Issue 12 | SF3446185 | Copyright © December 2022


Published online November 30, 2022

Naiem T. Issa MD PhDa, Zoe Draelos MDb, Emil Tanghetti MDc, Leon H. Kircik MDd

aForefront Dermatology, Vienna, VA
bDermatology Consulting Services, PLLC, High Point, NC
cCenter for Dermatology and Laser Surgery, Sacramento, CA
dIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY; Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN;
Physicians Skin Care, PLLC Louisville, KY; DermResearch, PLLC Louisville, KY; Skin Sciences, PLLC Louisville, KY

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AUTHOR CORRESPONDENCE

Leon H. Kircik MD Wedoderm@yahoo.com