Clinics in Dermatology
Volume 24, Issue 3 , Pages 229-230 , May 2006

Tachyphylaxis to topical corticosteroids: the more you use them, the less they work?

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  2. Carroll CL, Feldman SR, Camacho FT, Manuel JC, Balkrishnan R. Adherence to topical therapy decreases during the course of an 8-week psoriasis clinical trial: commonly used methods of measuring adherence to topical therapy overestimate actual use. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2004;51:212–216

☆ The Center for Dermatology Research is funded by a grant from Galderma Laboratories, LP Fort Worth, TX, USA.

PII: S0738-081X(05)00117-3

doi: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2005.09.003

Clinics in Dermatology
Volume 24, Issue 3 , Pages 229-230 , May 2006

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