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Human Model for Acne

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The main stimulus to acne is the over production of sebum [8, 30] but for the development of individual lesions, other events are necessary. These include hyperkeratosis of the sebaceous follicular duct [21, 36], some change in microbial ecology [16, 24, 26] and the production of inflammation [10, 14, 41].

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  1. L. C. Brummitt
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  1. Department of Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine, Health Park, CF4 4XN, Cardiff, UK

    Ronald Marks

  2. Universitäts-Hautklinik Düsseldorf, Moorenstr. 5, D-4000, Düsseldorf 1, Germany

    Gerd Plewig

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Brummitt, L.C., Cunliffe, W.J., Gowland, G. (1986). Human Model for Acne. In: Marks, R., Plewig, G. (eds) Skin Models. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70387-4_1

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