Consistency of data in six phase III clinical studies of a two-compound product containing calcipotriol and betamethasone dipropionate ointment for the treatment of psoriasis

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-44

  Kragballe, K ^a   van de Kerkhof, P C M ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Betamethasone; Calcipotriol; Combination; Psoriasis vulgaris

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE DIPROPIONATE; CALCIPOTRIOL; DRUG VEHICLE; TACALCITOL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HUMAN; MONOTHERAPY; OINTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PSORIASIS SEVERITY INDEX;

ADULT; BETAMETHASONE; CALCITRIOL; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSORIASIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645978107     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2005.01343.x     Document Type: Article

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