Itraconazole: New horizons

Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 181-187

  Caputo, R ^a   Barbareschi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Itraconazole; Malassezia folliculitis; Palmoplantar amicrobic pustulosis; Papulo pustular rosacea; Perioral dermatitis; Seborrhoeic dermatitis

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALASSEZIA; MALE; MYCOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PERIORAL DERMATITIS; PUSTULOSIS; PUSTULOSIS PALMOPLANTARIS; ROSACEA; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS;

EID: 0036619785     PISSN: 03920488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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