Itraconazole for Treatment of Oral Candidosis in Pediatric Cancer Patients

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 357-362

  Aanpreung, Prapun ^a   Veerakul, Gavivan ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; SORE THROAT; THRUSH; VOMITING;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; CHILD; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030868809     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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