Eosin solution : a dermatology treatment rediscovered
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This has developed due to the limited number of licensed products available to treat dermatology conditions. Over time local dermatologists — with support from local pharmacy-manufacturing units — have created a number of unique topical preparations. These are widely used by dermatologists but never scrutinised under research conditions; similarly, it is unlikely that any pharmaceutical company will test
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