Tacrolimus ointment is safe and effective in the treatment of atopic dermatitis: Results in 8000 patients

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 53, Issue 2 SUPPL. 2, 2005, Pages

  Koo, John Y M ^a   Fleischer Jr , Alan B ^b   Abramovits, William ^c   Pariser, David M ^d   McCall, Calvin O ^e   Horn, Thomas D ^f   Gottlieb, Alice B ^g   Jaracz, Eileen ^h   Rico, M Joyce ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^g ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h ASTELLAS PHARMA GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOLERANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BODY SURFACE; BURNING SENSATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FLUSHING; HEADACHE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HYPERESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; OPEN STUDY; OTITIS MEDIA; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SIDE EFFECT; SINUSITIS; SKIN INFECTION; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; OINTMENTS; TACROLIMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22044447915     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2005.04.063     Document Type: Article

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