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Cimetidine: a review of the recent developments and reports in cutaneous medicine
1Department of Dermatology, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, USA. Scheinfeld@rcn.com
Dermatology Online Journal
|March 18, 2003
Abstract:
Cimetidine, approved by the FDA for inhibition of gastric acid secretion, has been advocated for a number of dermatological diseases. The cutaneous uses and immunological effects of cimetidine have been actively studied over the past few years, and this review summarizes the literature accumulated since 1997.