Multicenter, open-label, non-comparative study of a combination of polytar and zinc pyrithione shampoo in the management of dandruff

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-28

  Sawleshwarkar, Shailendra N ^a   Salgaonkar, Viraj ^b   Oberai, Chetan ^a  

^a GRANT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dandruff; Polytar; Zinc pyrithione

Indexed keywords

PYRITHIONE ZINC; SHAMPOO; TAR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DANDRUFF; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HAIR LOSS; HEADACHE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALASSEZIA; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PITYROSPORUM; PRURITUS; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646467188     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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