Topical, Non-Medicated LOYON® in Facilitating the Removal of Scaling in Infants and Children with Cradle Cap: a Proof-of-Concept Pilot Study

Dermatology and Therapy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Hengge, Ulrich R ^a  

^a Skin Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cetiol; Cradle cap; Dermatology; Dimethicone; Efficacy; Infants; LOYON ; Safety; Scaling; Topical treatment

Indexed keywords

DIMETICONE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRADLE CAP; DERMATOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT; DEVICE SAFETY; DEVICE THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCALP; SCALP PRURITUS; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN BLEEDING; SWEAT;

EID: 84915758179     PISSN: 21938210     EISSN: 21909172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13555-014-0060-3     Document Type: Article

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