Taking the itch out of poison ivy. Are you prescribing the right medication?

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-70

  Brodell, Robert T ^a,b   Williams, Lynn ^b  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; HUMAN; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0032796629     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.1999.07.614     Document Type: Article

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