Oral evening primrose oil and borage oil for eczema
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Evening Primrose Oil/CD
In a double-blind trial patients with atopic eczema received either oral evening primrose oil (EPO) (n = 14) or placebo (n = 11) for 12 weeks. In the EPO group a statistically significant improvement was observed in the overall severity and grade of inflammation and in the percentage of the body surface involved by eczema as well as in dryness and itch. Patients in the placebo group showed a si...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1465-1858
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd004416.pub2