5-Aminolevulinic acid-photodynamic treatment for dermatophytic tinea pedis of interdigital type: A small clinical study

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 203-204

  Sotiriou, E ^a   Koussidou, T ^b   Patsatsi, A ^a   Apalla, Z ^a   Ioannides, D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b State Hospital for Skin and Venereal Diseases   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; CANDIDIASIS; FUNGAL STRAIN; HUMAN; LETTER; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TINEA PEDIS; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

ADULT; AGED; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; TINEA PEDIS; TOES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58449110276     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2008.02783.x     Document Type: Letter

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