Efficacy of tacrolimus ointment in the prevention and treatment of contact dermatitis [1]

Dermatitis

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 158-159

  Anderson, Bryan E ^a   Marks Jr , James G ^a   Mauger, David T ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CALCINEURIN; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; FK 506 BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 2; LINOLEIC ACID; MACROLIDE; PHOSPHATASE; PIMECROLIMUS; POLYAMINE DERIVATIVE; QUATERNIUM 18 BENTONITE; RETINOL; SILICONE; TACROLIMUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URUSHIOL; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOMODULATION; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; LETTER; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; POISON IVY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN ALLERGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

EID: 9644257073     PISSN: 17103568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6620.2004.03007     Document Type: Letter

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