Clinical effects of undershirts coated with borage oil on children with atopic dermatitis: A double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 811-815

  Kanehara, Shoko ^a   Ohtani, Toshio ^a   Uede, Koji ^a   Furukawa, Fukumi ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

linolenic acid; Atopic dermatitis; Borage oil; Transepidermal water loss; Undershirts

Indexed keywords

BORAGE OIL; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; OIL; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SKIN WATER LOSS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOTHING; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GAMMA-LINOLENIC ACID; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PLANT OILS;

EID: 36849058654     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2007.00391.x     Document Type: Article

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