Meta-analysis of tacrolimus ointment for atopic dermatitis in pediatric patients

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 117-120

  Yan, Jun ^a,b   Chen, Sheng Li ^c   Wang, Xiao Lin ^b   Zhou, Wen ^a   Wang, Feng Shan ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jinan City Hospital for Skin Diseases Prevention and Treatment   (China)

^c Shandong Provincial Institute of Dermatology and Venereology   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROCORTISONE ACETATE; PIMECROLIMUS; TACROLIMUS;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BURN; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OINTMENTS; PEDIATRICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TACROLIMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39849100234     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2007.00600.x     Document Type: Article

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