Tacrolimus ointment 0.1% in pityriasis alba: An open-label, randomized, placebo-controlled study

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 152-155

  Rigopoulos, D ^a   Gregoriou, S ^a   Charissi, C ^a   Kontochristopoulos, G ^a   Kalogeromitros, D ^a   Georgala, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Atopy; Pityriasis alba; Randomized controlled trial; Tacrolimus; Treatment

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRY SKIN; ERYTHEMA STREPTOGENES; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PITYRIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; PITYRIASIS; PRURITUS; SKIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 33745012624     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07181.x     Document Type: Article

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