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Isotretinoin, also known as 13-cis-retinoic acid and sold under the brand name Accutane among others, is a medication used to treat skin diseases like harlequin-type ichthyosis, and lamellar ichthyosis, and severe cystic acne or moderate acne that is unresponsive to antibiotics. [ 6 ] Isotretinoin is used off-label to treat basal cell carcinoma ...
Stunted growth, also known as stunting or linear growth failure, is defined as impaired growth and development manifested by low height-for-age. [1] It is a primary manifestation of malnutrition (or more precisely chronic undernutrition) and recurrent infections, such as diarrhea and helminthiasis, in early childhood and even before birth, due to malnutrition during fetal development brought ...
Retinoic acid (simplified nomenclature for all- trans -retinoic acid) is a metabolite of vitamin A 1 (all- trans - retinol) that is required for embryonic development, male fertility, regulation of bone growth and immune function. [2] All- trans -retinoic acid is required for chordate animal development, which includes all higher animals from ...
Accutane causes the skin on the lips to shed so quickly that it can cause thick, chunky flakes to come off, which can worsen and become red if you pick the skin off, says Goldman.
Puberty blockers (also called puberty inhibitors or hormone blockers) are medicines used to postpone puberty in children. The most commonly used puberty blockers are gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists, which suppress the natural production of sex hormones, such as androgens (e.g. testosterone) and estrogens (e.g. estradiol). [ 1 ...
2006; 18 years ago (2006) The iPLEDGE program is a program by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) intended to manage the risk of birth defects caused by isotretinoin (also known as Accutane), [1] a prescription medication used for the treatment of acne. [2][3] Patients, their doctors and their pharmacists are required by the FDA to ...
Failure to thrive (FTT), also known as weight faltering or faltering growth, indicates insufficient weight gain or absence of appropriate physical growth in children. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] FTT is usually defined in terms of weight, and can be evaluated either by a low weight for the child's age, or by a low rate of increase in the weight.
Compensatory growth, known as catch-up growth and compensatory gain, is an accelerated growth of an organism following a period of slowed development, particularly as a result of nutrient deprivation. [1][2] The growth may be with respect to weight or length (or height in humans). [1][3][4][5][6][7][8] For example, the body weights of animals ...