Squamometry in seborrheic dermatitis

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 712-715

  Piérard Franchimont, Claudine ^a   Willemaers, Valentine ^a   Fraiture, Anne Laure ^a   Piérard, Gérald E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b CHU SART TILMAN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE DIPROPIONATE; HYDROCORTISONE BUTYRATE;

ADULT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BETAMETHASONE; COLORIMETRY; DERMATITIS, SEBORRHEIC; EMULSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032880680     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.1999.00783.x     Document Type: Article

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