Oral terbinafine in tinea capitis in children

Mycoses

Volumn 39, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 237-240

  Gruseck, Elvira ^a   Splanemann, Vera ^a   Bleck, O ^a   Ring, J ^a   Abeck, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimycotic chemotherapy; Children; Terbinafine; Tinea capitis

Indexed keywords

GRISEOFULVIN; TERBINAFINE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; TINEA CAPITIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0029778115     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1996.tb00132.x     Document Type: Article

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