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Fluticasone propionate: a rare contact sensitizer Volume 11, numéro 1, January - February 2001

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Department of Dermatology, University Hospital, Leuven, Belgium.
  • Page(s) : 29-34
  • Année de parution : 2001

Of the side effects of topical corticosteroid treatment, only the "classic" local side effects (skin atrophy, risk of infection, etc.) and systemic side effects (suppression of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axes) were taken into consideration in the past. The new molecules were developed to improve the relationship of anti-inflammatory potential to such adverse effects. Fluticasone propionate (commercialized as Cutivate®, [...]