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Effects of widespread dermatitis and topical steroid therapy on thyroid function tests
A D Ormerod1, J How, P D Bewsher
1Department of Dermatology, Aberdeen University, UK.
Dermatologica
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
Five patients with extensive dermatitis and 5 normal subjects were treated with topical betamethasone valerate 0.1% (Betnovate, Glaxo) 19-34 g daily for 4 days. Thyroid functions tests were not affected by the treatment but some patients with widespread inflamed skin demonstrated altered serum thyroid hormone levels as a result of the euthyroid sick syndrome.