Risk of serious skin disorders among users of oral antifungals: A population-based study

BMC Dermatology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Castellsague, Jordi ^a   García Rodríguez, Luís Alberto ^b   Duque, Alberto ^a   Pérez, Susana ^a  

^a Global Epidemiology   (Spain)

^b CEIFE ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; GRISEOFULVIN; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; EXFOLIATIVE DERMATITIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PUSTULOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TOXICITY; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DISEASE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 0642334569     PISSN: 14715945     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-5945-2-14     Document Type: Article

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