Tinea capitis - Past, present, and future

Current Problems in Dermatology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 126-129

  Friedlander, Sheila Fallon ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYCLODEXTRIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GRISEOFULVIN; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; SELENIUM SULFIDE; TERBINAFINE;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; HEADACHE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MICROSPORUM; REVIEW; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 0034037641     PISSN: 10400486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-0486(00)90035-8     Document Type: Review

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