Management of canine atopic dermatitis using the plant extract PYM00217: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study

Veterinary Dermatology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 236-243

  Ferguson, Ewan A ^a   Littlewood, Janet D ^b   Carlotti, Didier Noël ^c   Grover, Rob ^d,f   Nuttall, Tim ^e  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Veterinary Dermatology Referrals   (United Kingdom)

^c Cabinet de Dermatol Veterinaire   (France)

^d Phytopharm plc   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; PYM 00217;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; PATHOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 33745685225     PISSN: 09594493     EISSN: 13653164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3164.2006.00523.x     Document Type: Article

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