Current treatment of onychomycosis;Tratamiento actual de las onicomicosis

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 127-129

  Llambrich, Alex ^a   Lecha, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOROLFINE; CICLOPIROXOLAMINE; FLUCONAZOLE; GRISEOFULVIN; ITRACONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE; TIOCONAZOLE;

DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; SHORT SURVEY; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 0036755938     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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