Itraconazole in the treatment of onychomycosis: A double-blind comparison with miconazole

Dermatology

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 323-329

  Haneke, Eckart ^a,d   Tajerbashi, M ^b   De Doncker, P ^c   Heremans, A ^c  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JANSSEN CILAG GMBH   (Germany)

^c JANSSEN RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Belgium)

^d Department of Dermatology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Itraconazole; Miconazole; Onychomycosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPEPSIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FINGER NAIL; FLATULENCE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; GERMANY; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; MICONAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031976556     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017905     Document Type: Article

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