Onychomycosis: A new emerging infectious disease in childhood population and adolescents. Report on treatment experience with terbinafine and itraconazole in 36 patients

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 470-475

  Ginter Hanselmayer, Gabriele ^a   Weger, W ^a   Smolle, J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Childhood onychomycosis; Itraconazole; Terbinafine; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; GRISEOFULVIN; ITRACONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BODY WEIGHT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; MALE; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; NAPHTHALENES; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41149158046     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2007.02498.x     Document Type: Article

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