Efficacy and tolerability of terbinafine in children

Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-31

  Pau, M ^a   Aste, N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b Clinica Dermatologica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Child; Dermatomycosis; Terbinafine; Tinea capitis; Tinea corporis

Indexed keywords

TERBINAFINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALING; HUMAN; MICROSPORUM CANIS; NONHUMAN; SKIN INFECTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TINEA CAPITIS; TINEA CORPORIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES;

EID: 33645113334     PISSN: 03920488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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