Evaluation of the effects of topical clobetasol propionate by visual score, electrical impedance and laser Doppler flowmetry

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-78

  Emtestam, L ^a   Kuzmina, N ^a   Talme, Toomas ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Electrical impedance; Laser doppler; Skin; Vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

DERMATOLOGY; DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS;

CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; STEROID-INDUCED SKIN BLANCHING; TOPICAL CORTICOSTEROIDS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

SKIN;

CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SPECTROMETER; VASOCONSTRICTION; VOLUNTEER; WOUND DRESSING;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; CLOBETASOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 33846510955     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2006.00193.x     Document Type: Article

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