Tachyphylaxis to topical corticosteroids: the more you use them, the less they work?

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 229-230

  Feldman, Steven R ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; TACHYPHYLAXIS;

EID: 33646593459     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2005.09.003     Document Type: Note

References (2)

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2. Carroll C.L., Feldman S.R., Camacho F.T., Manuel J.C., and Balkrishnan R. Adherence to topical therapy decreases during the course of an 8-week psoriasis clinical trial: commonly used methods of measuring adherence to topical therapy overestimate actual use. J Am Acad Dermatol 51 (2004) 212-216