Tacrolimus ointment: A novel and effective topical treatment of localized atopic dermatitis in a Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta)

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 307-311

  Torreilles, Stephanie L ^a   Luong, Richard H ^a   Felt, Stephen A ^a   McClure, Diane E ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; CHLORHEXIDINE; DEXAMETHASONE; NEOMYCIN; NYSTATIN; POLYMYXIN B; TACROLIMUS; THIOSTREPTON; TIABENDAZOLE; TRESADERM; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; MALE; MANDIBLE; NONHUMAN; OINTMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRURITUS; PUNCH BIOPSY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RHESUS MONKEY; SKIN DEFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MONKEY DISEASES; OINTMENTS; TACROLIMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 67549150730     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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