Recurrent proximal white subungual onychomycosis associated with a defect of the polymorphonuclear chemotaxis

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 390-392

  Gianni, Claudia ^b   Cerri, Amilcare ^b   Capsoni, Franco ^a   Ongari, Anna Maria ^a   Rossini, Patrizia ^b   Crosti, Carlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Polymorphonuclear chemotaxis; Proximal white subungual onychomycosis; Trichophyton rubrum

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; STEROID THERAPY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

ADOLESCENT; CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUTROPHILS; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0032769847     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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