Twice-weekly topical corticosteroid therapy may reduce atopic dermatitis relapses

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 140, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1151-1152

  Williams, Hywel C ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; EMOLLIENT AGENT; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CREAM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NOTE; OINTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RELAPSE; SKIN ATROPHY; TELANGIECTASIA; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; ANDROSTADIENES; CHILD; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EMOLLIENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4544356841     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.140.9.1151     Document Type: Note

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