Potent topical steroid in a Chinese herbal cream

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 1055, 1997, Pages 420-421

  Wood, Blair ^a   Wishart, John ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CHINESE HERB; CHINESE MEDICINE; DRUG FORMULATION; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CLOBETASOL; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG COSTS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PSORIASIS;

EID: 0030726948     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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