Clobetasol propionate shampoo 0.05% in the treatment of seborrheic dermatitis of the scalp: Results of a pilot study

Cutis

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 397-403

  Reygagne, Pascal ^a   Poncet, Michel ^b   Sidou, Farzaneh ^b   Soto, Pascale ^b  

^a Galderma R and D ^*

^b Galderma R and D   (France)

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