Management of scalp ringworm

Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-6

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ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CLOTRIMAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GRISEOFULVIN; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE NITRATE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; POVIDONE IODINE; PREDNISONE; SELENIUM SULFIDE; TERBINAFINE; WHITFIELD OINTMENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROSPORUM CANIS; MYCOSIS; NAIL INFECTION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SCALP; SHORT SURVEY; TERATOGENICITY; TINEA; TINEA CAPITIS; TINEA CORPORIS; TINEA CRURIS; TINEA PEDIS; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VOMITING;

EID: 0030034837     PISSN: 00126543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/dtb.1996.3415     Document Type: Short Survey

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