Itraconazole pulse therapy in chromoblastomycosis

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 220-222

  Kumarasinghe, Sujith Prasad Wanniarachchi ^a   Kumarasinghe, Marian Priyanthi ^b  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Chromoblastomycosis; Chromomycosis; Itraconazole; Pulse therapy

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOMYCOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; KERATOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PULSE WAVE; SCLEROSIS; SENILE PLAQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHROMOBLASTOMYCOSIS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; SHOULDER;

EID: 0034109361     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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