The effect of keratolytic agents on the permeability of three imidazole antimycotic drugs through the human nail

Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 685-690

  Quintanar Guerrero, David ^a,b,c   Ganem Quintanar, Adriana ^a,b,c   Tapia Olguín, Patricia ^a   Kalia, Yogeshvar N ^b,c   Buri, Pierre ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c Ctr Interuniv Rech d'Enseignement   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; PAPAIN; SALICYLIC ACID; UREA;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SOLUBILITY; FINGER NAIL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOLYSIS;

EID: 0031862902     PISSN: 03639045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03639049809082373     Document Type: Article

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