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Hot Topic! Eczema

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The BBC is reporting on a new research trial looking at a new medication, drug LEO 138559 to treat eczema - First UK patient recruited to new eczema drug trial. How can you support patients with this chronic condition?

nurse tending to the eczema on a person's arm

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Oxford Medicine Online – chapter 23.6 Dermatitis/eczema in Oxford Textbook of Medicine

BMJ Best Practice – Eczema

Clinical Key (available to UHNM only) – Clinical overview: Eczema and Atopic Dermatitis

Clinical Knowledge Summaries – Eczema - atopic

Cochrane Library clinical answers – For people with moderate to severe eczema, how do systemic treatments compare?

Royal Marsden Manual Online – Topical administration in chapter 15: Medicines optimization: ensuring quality and safety

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