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Acne and Related Disorders

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Introduction

Acne is a disease which encompasses a variety of clinical features and variants of which the most known is acne vulgaris. However, different courses exist due to several grades of severity, distribution in body areas, age, gender, and internal and external factors manifesting, exacerbating, or prolonging it. Acne is seen today as a chronic disease which continuously needs medical counseling. Physical and psychological scarring often accompanies the disease, and emotional distress is very commonly seen in all ages with manifestation of acne.

Historical Remarks

In the “Papyrus Eber,” a disease named “Aku-t” was mentioned which was characterized by lesions well fitting the clinical picture of acne: boiling, blains, sores, pustules, and inflammation. The famous Greek physicians Hippocrates and Aristoteles saw an association with puberty. The Greeks named the disease “ionthos,” the Latins “Varus.” The pharao King Tut (135–1337 A.D.) undoubtedly had suffered from severe...

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  1. Department of Dermatology & Venereology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

    Dr. Harald P. M. Gollnick (Director and Head)

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  1. Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

    Abdelaziz Y. Elzouki (Professor of Pediatrics) (Professor of Pediatrics)

  2. National Center of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (NCAAI), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Harb A. Harfi (Director) (Director)

  3. Consultant Pediatric Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Islamic Hospital, Amman, Jordan

    Hisham M. Nazer

  4. Seattle Children's Hospital University of Washington, School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA

    F. Bruder Stapleton (Professor and Chair Department of Pediatrics) (Professor and Chair Department of Pediatrics)

  5. Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Woman and Infants Hospital, Providence, RI, USA

    William Oh (Professor of Pediatrics) (Professor of Pediatrics)

  6. University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Richard J. Whitley (Professor of Pediatrics) (Professor of Pediatrics)

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Gollnick, H.P.M. (2012). Acne and Related Disorders. In: Elzouki, A.Y., Harfi, H.A., Nazer, H.M., Stapleton, F.B., Oh, W., Whitley, R.J. (eds) Textbook of Clinical Pediatrics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02202-9_143

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