Topical Metronidazole Versus Ivermectin for Low-density Demodex Rosacea: A Rater-blinded, Randomized, Split-face Trial

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, 111, Hsing-Long Road Sec 3, Wenshan District, Taipei City 116, Taiwan.
² Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
³ Department of Dermatology, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, 111, Hsing-Long Road Sec 3, Wenshan District, Taipei City 116, Taiwan; 3Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; Research Center of Big Data and Meta-analysis, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Dermatology, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, 111, Hsing-Long Road Sec 3, Wenshan District, Taipei City 116, Taiwan; Research Center of Big Data and Meta-analysis, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan. hsiaohanwang@hotmail.com.

Randomized Controlled Trial

Marvin Chia-Han Yeh et al. Acta Derm Venereol. 2022.

. 2022 Nov 7:102:adv00811.

doi: 10.2340/actadv.v102.4391.

¹ Department of Dermatology, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, 111, Hsing-Long Road Sec 3, Wenshan District, Taipei City 116, Taiwan.
² Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
³ Department of Dermatology, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, 111, Hsing-Long Road Sec 3, Wenshan District, Taipei City 116, Taiwan; 3Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; Research Center of Big Data and Meta-analysis, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Dermatology, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, 111, Hsing-Long Road Sec 3, Wenshan District, Taipei City 116, Taiwan; Research Center of Big Data and Meta-analysis, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan. hsiaohanwang@hotmail.com.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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