5-Aminolevulininic acid photodynamic therapy treatment for tinea cruris caused by Trichophyton rubrum: Report of 10 cases

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 341-342

  Sotiriou, E ^a   Panagiotidou, D ^b   Ioannides, D ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; APPLICATION SITE BURNING; APPLICATION SITE DISCOMFORT; APPLICATION SITE EDEMA; APPLICATION SITE ERYTHEMA; APPLICATION SITE PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LETTER; MALE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY EFFECT; TINEA CRURIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

ADULT; AGED; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; TINEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 60049099153     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2008.02880.x     Document Type: Letter

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