Comparison between fluconazole and ketoconazole effectivity in the treatment of pityriasis versicolor

Mycoses

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 311-313

  Yazdanpanah, Mohammad Javad ^a   Azizi, Hoda ^b   Suizi, Behnaz ^b  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fluconazole; Ketoconazole; Pityriasis versicolor

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SWEATING; TINEA VERSICOLOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE COLOR; URTICARIA;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; IRAN; KETOCONAZOLE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TINEA VERSICOLOR;

EID: 34250356413     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2007.01361.x     Document Type: Article

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