Adherence to topical therapy increases around the time of office visits

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-83

  Feldman, Steven R ^a,b   Camacho, Fabian T ^b   Krejci Manwaring, Jennifer ^a   Carroll, Christie L ^a   Balkrishnan, Rajesh ^c  

^a Center for Dermatology Research   (United States)

^b Public Health Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SALICYLIC ACID; TACROLIMUS;

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; DRUG MONITORING; GELS; HUMANS; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSORIASIS; SALICYLIC ACID;

EID: 34250365340     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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