Comparative effects of calcipotriol ointment (50μg/g) and 5% coal tar/2% allantoin/0.5% hydro-cortisone cream in treating plaque psoriasis

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 16-19

  Pinheiro, N ^a,b  

^a Acreswood Surgery ^*

^b Acreswood Surgery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLANTOIN; ALPHOSYL HC; CALCIPOTRIOL; COAL TAR; HYDROCORTISONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OINTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN TINGLING; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLANTOIN; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CALCITRIOL; COAL TAR; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OINTMENTS; PSORIASIS;

EID: 0030889833     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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