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Effective topical dermatologic therapy.

Abstract

Experienced dermatologists regularly use a great variety of topical dermatologic mixtures. Extemporaneously prepared medications are of great value in the treatment of those problems that fail to respond to the usually therapeutic commercially available products. These mixtures are also desirable in treating individuals in whom corticosteroid preparations were initially beneficial but were of less value with continued application. This article presents an accumulation of a quarter century of practical extemporaneously compounded dermatologic preparations.

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S I Cullen. 1989. Effective topical dermatologic therapy.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2646048/

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