Tinea capitis due to Microsporum gypseum in an adult

Mycoses

Volumn 41, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 239-241

  Offidani, Annamaria ^a,b   Simoncini, Claudia ^a   Arzeni, Daniela ^a   Cellini, Andreina ^a   Amerio, P ^a   Scalise, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b Azienda Ospedaliera Umberto I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adult; Microsporum gypseum; Tinea capitis

Indexed keywords

GRISEOFULVIN;

AGED; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MICROSPORUM GYPSEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; TINEA CAPITIS;

ARTHRODERMA GYPSEUM; FUNGI; MICROSPORUM; POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS; TINEA;

EID: 0031822497     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1998.tb00331.x     Document Type: Article

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