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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-12-22
pubmed:abstractText
Anxiety about the use of etretinate in children has been provoked by several reports describing skeletal abnormalities during long-term therapy. However, we have observed no evidence of skeletal toxicity in 42 children treated over an 11-year period. Radiological screening before and during treatment has failed to reveal abnormalities that would influence our decision to commence or to continue etretinate administration. We recommend that children who are to be treated with etretinate should have a baseline selective skeletal survey, with follow-up radiology restricted to those with pretreatment radiological abnormalities and those who develop musculo-skeletal symptoms. In addition we advise that dosage should not exceed 1 mg/kg/day. If these guidelines are followed, we believe that long-term therapy with etretinate can be given to children, with an acceptable margin of safety.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0007-0963
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
127
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
387-91
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Bone changes and their significance in children with ichthyosis on long-term etretinate therapy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Dermatology, Hospital for Sick Children, London, U.K.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article