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isotretinoin-off-label · santos-2023-papulopustular-infantile-acne
- Claim ID
- isotretinoin-off-label
- Assertion
- Santos and colleagues note that oral isotretinoin is off-label at this age, that published doses range from 0.2 to 2.0 mg/kg/day over five to 14 months of treatment, and that androgen testing is mandatory in refractory cases although most are not related to underlying endocrine disease.
- Quote
The oral isotretinoin dose for infantile acne varies among publications between 0.2 and 2.0 mg/kg/day, with a total treatment period of five up to 14 months.
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