Topical tar: Back to the future

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 294-302

  Paghdal, Kapila V ^a   Schwartz, Robert A ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

atopic dermatitis; coal tar; psoriasis; seborrheic dermatitis; wood tar

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; CLOBEX; CORTICOSTEROID; PETROLATUM; POLYTAR; SALICYLIC ACID; SHAMPOO; TAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACNE; APPLICATION SITE PIGMENTATION CHANGE; APPLICATION SITE REACTION; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG CARCINOGENICITY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG MIXTURE; FOLLICULITIS; GEL; HUMAN; KERATOACANTHOMA; LACTATION; LOTION; NAUSEA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; REVIEW; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN PRURITUS; TELANGIECTASIA; URINE COMPOSITION DISORDER; VOMITING;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; COAL TAR; COHORT STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATITIS, SEBORRHEIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PSORIASIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TARS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650219069     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.11.024     Document Type: Review

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