Déjà vu all over again: Skin cap still contains a high-potency glucocorticosteroid

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 801-803

  Swanson, David L ^a   Pittelkow, Mark R ^b   Benson, Linda M ^b   Hawkridge, Adam M ^b   Muddiman, David C ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPSORIASIS AGENT; BETAMETHASONE 21 PROPIONATE; BETAMETHASONE DERIVATIVE; CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; PYRITHIONE ZINC; SKIN CAP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CORTICOSTEROID;

CENTRIFUGE; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; LETTER; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; PSORIASIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 21844454195     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.141.6.801     Document Type: Note

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