The Use of Emollients as Sophisticated Therapy in Dermatology

Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 80-87

  Nola, Ivano ^a   Kostović, Krešimir ^a   Kotrulja, Lena ^a   Lugović, Liborija ^a  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Dermatologic agents; Dermatology; Emollients; Skin; Skin diseases

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AZO DYE; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; CALCIPOTRIOL; CITRIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID; DITHRANOL; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; EMOLLIENT AGENT; EMULSIFYING AGENT; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; HUMECTANT; LACTIC ACID; LANOLIN; MINERAL OIL; MYRISTIC ACID ISOPROPYL ESTER; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PETROLATUM; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PRESERVATIVE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; RETINOID; SORBITOL; TAZAROTENE; UNINDEXED DRUG; UREA; UROCANIC ACID;

ACNE; ALLERGY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DERMATOLOGY; DYSKERATOSIS; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; HYDRATION; ICHTHYOSIS; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PIGMENT DISORDER; PSORIASIS; REVIEW; STRATUM CORNEUM; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM;

DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EMOLLIENTS; HUMANS; ICHTHYOSIS; PSORIASIS; SKIN DISEASES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0142152382     PISSN: 1330027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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