Patent ID: 6921777

Claim:
A method for the treatment of dermatological symptoms associated with a keratinization disorder, said method comprising administering to an individual in need of said treatment, a therapeutically effective amount of a compound sufficient to treat the dermatological symptoms, the compound having the formula: wherein: Y represents a divalent radical which has the formula R 4 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl radical, a radical OR 12 , a methoxymethoxy or methoxyethoxymethoxy radical or a halogen atom; R′ 4 represents a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; each of R 7 and R 8 , which are identical or different, represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl radical or a phenyl radical; R 12 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl radical, a phenyl radical, a benzyl radical or a monohydroxyalkyl radical; and R 14 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl radical; or a salt or optical or geometrical isomer thereof.