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Acne

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A skin condition in which there is an increase in sebum secretion by the pilosebaceous apparatus associated with open comedones (blackheads), closed comedones (whiteheads), and pustular nodules (papules, pustules, and cysts).

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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0001061

has disease stage

Grade 1, 2, 3, 4.

is caused by

Clogging of the skin pores by dead skin cells, sebum and sometimes bacteria.

is characterised by

Blemishes characterized by pustules (pimples), blackheads, whiteheads, papules, nodules, cysts.