Betamethasone valerate foam 0.12%: A novel vehicle with enhanced delivery and efficacy

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 628-632

  Franz, Thomas J ^a   Parsell, Dawn A ^a   Halualani, Roger M ^a   Hannigan, John F ^a   Kalbach, Jacqueline P ^a   Harkonen, W Scott ^a  

^a Bradley Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE VALERATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSORIASIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BETAMETHASONE 17-VALERATE; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CADAVER; DOSAGE FORMS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN ABSORPTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VEHICLES;

EID: 0032807315     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.1999.00782.x     Document Type: Article

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