Detalhes bibliográficos
| Ano de defesa: |
2014 |
| Autor(a) principal: |
Pinto, Michael Vale
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| Orientador(a): |
Alchorne, Alice de Oliveira de Avelar
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| Banca de defesa: |
Chavantes, Maria Cristina
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Zanini, Fátima
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Brugnera Junior, Aldo
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Zamuner, Stella Regina
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| Tipo de documento: |
Dissertação
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| Tipo de acesso: |
Acesso aberto |
| Idioma: |
por |
| Instituição de defesa: |
Universidade Nove de Julho
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| Programa de Pós-Graduação: |
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina – Ciências da Saúde
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| Departamento: |
Saúde
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| País: |
Brasil
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| Palavras-chave em Português: |
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| Palavras-chave em Inglês: |
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| Área do conhecimento CNPq: |
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| Link de acesso: |
http://bibliotecatede.uninove.br/handle/tede/3021
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Resumo: |
Introduction: Onychomycosis is a fungal disease that affects the nails. In photodynamic therapy (PDT), the laser light is associated with a photosensitizing agent and molecular oxygen, triggering a specific phenomenon in the photo-oxidation of various cell types jail. Objective: Studying the effects of the application of PDT, Low Level Therapy and antifungal therapies in the treatment of onychomycosis. Methodology: A prospective, randomized, controlled study was conducted with 28 patients in an institution in São Paulo, where treatments were evaluated: topical antifungal, Laseterapia and PDT. Results: The antifungal therapies based and Low Level Therapy showed no clinical improvement with the treatment. The basis of PDT treatment had clinical improvement. Conclusions: The use of PDT may form themselves into new effective, safe and inexpensive therapeutic tool, serving as a possible treatment. However, it is necessary to conduct longitudinal studies of the next steps with larger samples. |
