Itraconazole in the treatment of tinea capitis caused by Microsporum canis: Experience in a large cohort

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 499-502

  Ginter Hanselmayer, Gabriele ^a   Smolle, Josef ^a   Gupta, Aditya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DRUG FORMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSPORUM CANIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SKIN DISEASE; TINEA CAPITIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; MICROSPORUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TINEA CAPITIS;

EID: 3943079284     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0736-8046.2004.21419.x     Document Type: Article

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