Short-term growth and bone turnover in children undergoing occlusive steroid ('wet-wrap') dressings for treatment of atopic eczema

Journal of Dermatological Treatment

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 149-152

  McGowan, R ^a   Tucker, P ^b   Joseph, D ^b   Wallace, A M ^c   Hughes, I ^b   Burrows, N P ^b   Ahmed, S F ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone resorption; DPD; Knemometry; Non occlusive (wet wrap) dressings

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; COLLAGEN; CREATININE; DEOXYPYRIDINOLINE; EMOLLIENT AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BANDAGE; BONE TURNOVER; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; CROSS LINKING; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SIDE EFFECT; URINARY EXCRETION; WOUND DRESSING;

BONE REMODELING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECZEMA; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141955045     PISSN: 09546634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09546630310004207     Document Type: Article

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