Flutrimazole shampoo 1% versus ketoconazole shampoo 2% in the treatment of pityriasis versicolor. A randomised double-blind comparative trial

Mycoses

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 193-195

  Rigopoulos, D ^a,b   Gregoriou, S ^b   Kontochristopoulos, G ^a   Ifantides, A ^c   Katsambas, A ^b  

^a ANDREAS SYGROS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Flutrimazole; Ketoconazole; Pityriasis versicolor; Therapy

Indexed keywords

FLUTRIMAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; SHAMPOO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HEAD; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TINEA VERSICOLOR; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CLOTRIMAZOLE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HAIR PREPARATIONS; HUMANS; KETOCONAZOLE; MALASSEZIA; MALE; TINEA VERSICOLOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247556539     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2006.01352.x     Document Type: Article

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