Topical steroid withdrawal syndrome: time to bridge the gap

Affiliations

¹ St John's Institute of Dermatology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
² Patient representative.
³ National Eczema Society, London, UK.
⁴ Department of Dermatology, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
⁵ Unit for Paediatric & Population-Based Dermatology Research, St John's Institute of Dermatology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London, London, UK.

Chantal Cotter et al. Br J Dermatol. 2022 Nov.

. 2022 Nov;187(5):780-781.

doi: 10.1111/bjd.21770. Epub 2022 Aug 20.

¹ St John's Institute of Dermatology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
² Patient representative.
³ National Eczema Society, London, UK.
⁴ Department of Dermatology, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
⁵ Unit for Paediatric & Population-Based Dermatology Research, St John's Institute of Dermatology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London, London, UK.

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Comment in

Potency of topical steroids should be clearly labelled on all packaging.
Haider Z, Proctor A, Moss C. Haider Z, et al. Br J Dermatol. 2023 Feb 22;188(3):427-428. doi: 10.1093/bjd/ljac104. Br J Dermatol. 2023. PMID: 36637151 No abstract available.

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