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Effects of 1-Year Intermittent Treatment With Topical Tacrolimus Monotherapy on Skin Collagen Synthesis in Patients With Atopic Dermatitis
[Br J Dermatol 150(6):1174-1181, 2004. © 2004 Blackwell Publishing]

Figure 1. Procollagen propeptide I and III (PINP and PIIINP, respectively) levels.

Figure 2. (a) 53-year-old female patient with corticosteroid-related skin atrophy at baseline. (b) Reversal of skin atrophy after treatment with tacrolimus ointment.

Figure 3. Schematic presentation of the contrasting effects of corticosteroid-related atrophy and inflammation/oedema on the composition and thickness of eczematous skin and of the effects of topical tacrolimus.