title: [The practice guideline 'Acne' (second revision) from the Dutch College of General Practitioners; a response from the perspective of dermatology].
abstract: The second revised practice guideline 'Acne' from the Dutch College of General Practitioners contains adequate and scientifically well-supported recommendations for the management of patients with acne. There are some concerns about the initial treatment steps in these guidelines which only allow very slow progress to systemic therapy. This might, in some cases, lead to inadequate treatment of patients with more severe acne.
authors.affiliation: Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht, afd. Dermatologie, Allergologie en Venereologie, Postbus 85.500, 3508 GA Utrecht. v.sigurdsson@umcutrecht.nl
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sigurdsson
mesh_terms: D000152:Acne Vulgaris / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D003880:Dermatology / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D012720:Severity of Illness Index