Role of the ACTH test and estimation of a safe dose for high potency steroids in vitiligo: A prospective randomized study

• Main Authors: Alberto de la Fuente-García (Author), Minerva Gómez-Flores (Author), Leonardo Mancillas-Adame (Author), Jorge Ocampo-Candiani (Author), Oliverio Welsh-Lozano (Author), Jesús Zacarías Villarreal Pérez (Author), José Gerardo González-González (Author), Fernando Lavalle-González (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Topical corticosteroids are used as first line of therapy for vitiligo, although side effects such as adrenal insufficiency are possible. Objectives: To establish the role of ACTH test before, during, and after treatment with high potency topical steroids; to determine if adrenal insuffi...