Treatment of moderate to severe facial seborrheic dermatitis with itraconazole: An open non-comparative study

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 417-418

  Shemer, Avner ^a,c   Kaplan, Baruch ^a,c   Nathansohn, Nir ^a,c   Grunwald, Marcelo H ^b   Amichai, Boaz ^a,c,d   Trau, Henri ^a,c  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Itraconazole; Seborrheic dermatitis

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BURNING SENSATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALASSEZIA; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRURITUS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DERMATITIS, SEBORRHEIC; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48949083715     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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