Tinea capitis in children in northern Greece during the period 1981- 1995

Mycoses

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 319-322

  Koussidou Eremondi, Thalia ^a   Devliotou Panagiotidou, D ^b   Mourellou Tsatsou, O ^a   Fotidou, D ^a   Minas, A ^b  

^a Mycological Laboratory   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Children; Dermatophytes; Epidemiology; Greece; Tinea capitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; GREECE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSPORUM CANIS; NEWBORN; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TINEA CAPITIS; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GREECE; HAIR; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROSPORUM; SEASONS; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON;

ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CANIS; FELIS CATUS; FUNGI; MICROSPORUM CANIS; TINEA;

EID: 0032779815     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0507.1999.00468.x     Document Type: Article

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