A call for action to tackle the increasing global burden and challenges of acne

Affiliations

¹ National Skin Centre, Singapore, Singapore.
² Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Singapore, Singapore.
³ Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁴ INSERM, CNRS, Immunology and New Concepts in ImmunoTherapy, INCIT, UMR 1302/EMR6001, Nantes Université, Nantes, France.
⁵ The Skin Research Centre, University of York, York, UK.
⁶ Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁷ Central Sydney Dermatology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁸ Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁹ Departments of Dermatology, Venereology, Allergology and Immunology, Staedtisches Klinikum Dessau, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane and Faculty of Health Sciences Brandenburg, Dessau, Germany.
¹⁰ Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

Hazel H Oon et al. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2023 Dec.

. 2023 Dec;37(12):e1430-e1431.

doi: 10.1111/jdv.19349. Epub 2023 Jul 21.

¹ National Skin Centre, Singapore, Singapore.
² Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Singapore, Singapore.
³ Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁴ INSERM, CNRS, Immunology and New Concepts in ImmunoTherapy, INCIT, UMR 1302/EMR6001, Nantes Université, Nantes, France.
⁵ The Skin Research Centre, University of York, York, UK.
⁶ Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁷ Central Sydney Dermatology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁸ Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁹ Departments of Dermatology, Venereology, Allergology and Immunology, Staedtisches Klinikum Dessau, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane and Faculty of Health Sciences Brandenburg, Dessau, Germany.
¹⁰ Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

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