Efficacy and safety of tacrolimus ointment treatment for up to 4 years in patients with atopic dermatitis

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

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

  Hanifin, Jon M ^a   Paller, Amy S ^b   Eichenfield, Lawrence ^c   Clark, Richard A ^d   Korman, Neil ^e   Weinstein, Gerald ^f   Caro, Ivor ^g   Jaracz, Eileen ^h   Rico, M Joyce ^h  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h ASTELLAS PHARMA GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BODY SURFACE; BRONCHITIS; BURNING SENSATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVITIS; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FEVER; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; ECZEMA; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; INFECTION; LICHENOID ERUPTION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; OPEN STUDY; OTITIS MEDIA; PAIN; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PUSTULE; PYODERMA; SCORING SYSTEM; SINUSITIS; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN IRRITATION; STINGING SENSATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; OINTMENTS; TACROLIMUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 22044449340     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2005.04.062     Document Type: Article

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