The safety and efficacy of tacrolimus therapy in patients younger than 2 years with atopic dermatitis

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 139, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1184-1186

  Patel, Rishi R ^b   Vander Straten, Melody R ^b   Korman, Neil J ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; OINTMENT; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; SYMPTOM; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AGE FACTORS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFANT; OINTMENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TACROLIMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141819272     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.139.9.1184     Document Type: Article

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