The predictive value of symptoms in diagnosing childhood tinea capitis

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1150-1153

  Hubbard, Thomas W ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF THE KING S DAUGHTERS   (United States)

^b Children's Outpatient Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TINEA CAPITIS;

EID: 0032754850     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.153.11.1150     Document Type: Article

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