Onychomycosis diagnosis and systemic treatment

Nurse Practitioner

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 40-51

  Milles, Cynthia L ^a   Riley, Patricia A ^a   Kessenich, Cathy R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOOT DERMATOSES; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; ONYCHOMYCOSIS;

EID: 0004623125     PISSN: 03611817     EISSN: 15388662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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