Treatment following an evidence-based algorithm versus individualised symptom-oriented treatment for atopic eczema: A randomised controlled trial

Dermatology

Volumn 217, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 299-308

  Schmitt, Jochen ^a   Meurer, Michael ^a   Schwanebeck, Uta ^b   Grählert, Xina ^b   Schäkel, Knut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Atopic eczema; Long term control; Randomized controlled trial; Topical calcineurin inhibitors; Topical corticosteroids; Treatment algorithm

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; HYDROCORTISONE; MOMETASONE FUROATE; PIMECROLIMUS; PREDNICARBATE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GERMANY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 49249099299     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000151355     Document Type: Article

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