Tinea capitis in children in the district of Cagliari, Italy

Mycoses

Volumn 40, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 231-233

  Aste, Nicola ^a,b   Pau, Monica ^a   Biggio, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antimycotic chemotherapy; Epidemiology; Griseofulvin; Microsporum canis; Tinea capitis

Indexed keywords

ALLYLAMINE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; GRISEOFULVIN; IMIDAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CREAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSPORUM CANIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TINEA CAPITIS; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES;

ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; CANIS; MICROSPORUM CANIS; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 0031473161     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1997.tb00221.x     Document Type: Article

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