Photodynamic therapy in the treatment of superficial mycoses: An evidence-based evaluation

Mycopathologia

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 339-343

  Qiao, Jianjun ^a   Li, Ruoyu ^b   Ding, Yingguo ^a   Fang, Hong ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Photodynamic therapy; Superficial mycoses; Tinea; Trichophyton ruburum

Indexed keywords

PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DERMATOMYCOSIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DERMATOMYCOSES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FUNGI; TINEA CRURIS; TINEA PEDIS; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 78049339000     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-010-9325-2     Document Type: Article

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