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Seborrheic dermatitis, a specific inflammatory dermatosis involving the scalp, face and chest, and dandruff, its minor form, have been attributed to Pityrosporum ovale, a yeast fungal organism [1–3]. The purpose of this paper is to describe the results of a multicenter study using topical ciclopirox gel 0.77% for the treatment of seborrheic dermatitis of the scalp.
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Abrams, B.B., Cherill, R.J., Ramaswamy, R., Katz, H.I. (1999). Ciclopirox Gel Treatment of Scalp Seborrheic Dermatitis. In: Shuster, S. (eds) Hydroxy-Pyridones as Antifungal Agents with Special Emphasis on Onychomycosis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58401-5_8
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