Established corticosteroid creams should be applied only once daily in patients with atopic eczema
Atopic eczema affects many adults and up to 20% of children,1 with health costs comparable to diabetes2 and asthma.3 One community survey of 1760 young children in the United Kingdom found that 84% had mild eczema, 14% moderate, and 2% severe eczema.4 Topical corticosteroids are a mainstay of treatm...
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BMJ Publishing Group
2007
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Online Access: | http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/863/ http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/863/1/once_daily_TCS.pdf |