Topical metronidazole maintains remissions of rosacea

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 679-683

  Dahl, Mark V ^b   Katz, H Irving ^b   Krueger, Gerald G ^b   Millikan, Larry E ^b   Odom, Richard B ^b   Parker, Frank ^b   Wolf Jr , John E ^b   Aly, Raza ^b   Bayles, Charlene ^b   Reusser, Brenda ^b   Weidner, Melissa ^b   Coleman, Edward ^b   Patrignelli, Robert ^b   Tuley, Michael R ^b   Baker, Michael O ^b   Herndon Jr , James H ^b   Czemielewski, Janusz M ^b   Willis, Joe ^a  

^a Galderma Laboratories   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRY SKIN; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAPSE; ROSACEA; TELANGIECTASIA; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; ROSACEA; TETRACYCLINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0345730130     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.134.6.679     Document Type: Article

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