Dandruff: The most commercially exploited skin disease

Indian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 130-134

  Ranganathan, S ^a   Mukhopadhyay, T ^a  

^a CavinKare Pvt Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

Cosmetic problem; Dandruff; Scalp disease; Shampoos

Indexed keywords

ANTIDANDRUFF AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BAKER'S P AND S; CICLOPIROX; CICLOPIROXOLAMINE; CLOBETASOL; CLOBEX; CORTICOSTEROID; COSMETIC; DANDREX; DHS TAR; DHS ZINC; DOAK TAR; HEAD AND SHOULDER; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IMIDAZOLE; IONIL PLUS; IONIL T; KETOCONAZOLE; LIPID; MG 217 TAR FREE SHAMPOO; NATUROPATHIC AGENT; PENTRAX; POLYTAR; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; PYRITHIONE ZINC; REME T; SALICYLIC ACID; SEBULEX; SEBULON; SEBUTONE; SELENIUM SULFIDE; SELSEB; SHAMPOO; STEROID; SULFUR; T GEL; T GEL XS; T SAL; TAR; TARSUM; TEGRIN; THERAPLEX Z; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; X SEB T PLUS; ZETAR; ZINCON; ZNP BAR;

BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DANDRUFF; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; HAIR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALASSEZIA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN EXFOLIATION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION; XERODERMA;

EID: 77952088845     PISSN: 00195154     EISSN: 19983611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.62734     Document Type: Review

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