A randomized comparison of an emollient containing skin-related lipids with a petrolatum-based emollient as adjunct in the treatment of chronic hand dermatitis

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 293-299

  Kucharekova, M ^a   Van De Kerkhof, P C M ^a   Van Der Valk, P G M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ceramide; Emollients; Hand dermatitis; Moisturizers; Skin lipids; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; EMOLLIENT AGENT; PETROLATUM; TRIAMCINOLONE; WATER OIL CREAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HAND DISEASE; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; MALE; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN INFLAMMATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AGED; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EMOLLIENTS; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PETROLATUM; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAMCINOLONE;

EID: 0142164876     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0536.2003.00119.x     Document Type: Article

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