A double-blind comparative study of sodium sulfacetamide lotion 10% versus selenium sulfide lotion 2.5% in the treatment of pityriasis (tinea) versicolor

Cutis

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 425-429

  Hull, Cheryl A ^a   Johnson, Sandra Marchese ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM SULFIDE; SULFACETAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TINEA VERSICOLOR;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CHILD; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFACETAMIDE; TINEA VERSICOLOR;

EID: 3042652834     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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