Interview with Nicholas Perricone, MD on aging skin and ALA - alpha lipoic acid - Interview

Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, Feb-March, 2002 by Lily G. Casura

References

Interview with Nicholas V. Perricone, M.D., Assistant clinical Professor of Dermatology at Yale Medical School, Chairman of the International conference on Aging Skin.

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