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Should we treat infantile seborrhoeic dermatitis with topical antifungals or topical steroids?
  1. S Cohen
  1. Royal London Hospital, UK; simoncohen11@yahoo.co.uk

    https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2003.048058

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      A mother brings her 2 month old child to you with unsightly seborrhoeic dermatitis on his/her scalp. You prescribe 1% hydrocortisone but the mother expresses her unhappiness at using steroids. You remember that the dermatologists at your hospital like to use an antifungal cream and you decide to find out more.

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      In infants with seborrhoeic dermatitis [patient] is there any advantage to using topical antifungals [intervention] over steroids [comparison] to cure seborrhoeic dermatitis of the scalp and prevent recurrences [outcome]?

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      Medline 1966–2003 (Ovid).

      Subject heading “seborrhoeic dermatitis” + subheadings “therapy AND drug therapy”; 556 articles produced and …

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