Corticosteroids are not present in a traditional Chinese medicine formulation for atopic dermatitis in children

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 759-763

  Hon, Kam Lun Ellis ^a   Lee, Vivian W Y ^a   Leung, Ting Fan ^a   Lee, Kenneth K C ^a   Chan, Andrew K W ^a   Fok, Tai Fai ^a   Leung, Ping Chung ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Corticosteroids; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUDROCORTISONE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHINESE MEDICINE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG FORMULATION; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 33845988737     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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