Efficacy and safety of itraconazole pulse therapy: Brazilian multicentric study on toenail onychomycosis caused by dermatophytes

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-116

  Ramos e Silva, Marcia ^a,g   Marques, Silvio Alencar ^b   Gontijo, Bernardo ^c   Zaitz, Clarisse ^d   Campbell, Iphis ^e   Veloso, Simone Tavares ^f  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d S Casa de Misericordia de S Paulo   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^f CDPI Neuroimaging (Rio de Janeiro)   (Brazil)

^g NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dermatophytes; Itraconazole; Onychomycosis; Pulse therapy; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSPORUM; MULTICENTER STUDY; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOE; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; BRAZIL; CANDIDA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DERMATOMYCOSES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEADACHE; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; MICROSPORUM; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 0031668256     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-9959(98)00048-8     Document Type: Article

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