Efficacy of urea therapy in children with ichthyosis. A multicenter randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, semilateral study

Dermatology

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 217-222

  Kuster W ^a,e   Bohnsack, K ^b   Rippke, F ^b   Upmeyer, H J ^c   Groll, S ^c   Traupe, H ^d  

^a TOMESA Clinic of Dermatology

^b BEIERSDORF AG   (Germany)

^c Institute for Clinical Research   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^e TOMESA Fachklinik ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Genodermatology; Ichthyosis; Pediatric dermatology; Urea therapy

Indexed keywords

UREA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICHTHYOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PUSTULE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN IRRITATION; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ICHTHYOSIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; MALE; OINTMENTS; PLACEBOS; PRURITUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN DISEASES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREA;

EID: 2642649487     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017902     Document Type: Article

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