Treatment of Vitiligo by Local Application of Betamethasone 17-Valerate in a Dimethyl Sulfoxide Cream Base - Concepedia

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Treatment of Vitiligo by Local Application of Betamethasone 17-Valerate in a Dimethyl Sulfoxide Cream Base

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1973

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B. Koopmans-van Dorp, B. Goedhart-van Dijk, H. Neering, E. van Dijk

MedicineLocal ApplicationImmunologyMedicinal FungiClinical DermatologySkin PharmacologyDermatologySclerodermaPharmacologyVitiligo PatchesSymmetric Patches

Abstract

21 patients with vitiligo were treated by local application of 0.2% betamethasone 17-valerate in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO, 43% in a cream base) during 4 months. Symmetric patches were treated only with DMSO in the cream base. The results were very satisfactory and demonstrate that local application of betamethasone 17-valerate can induce repigmentation of vitiligo patches.