A clinico-etiologic correlation in tinea capitis

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 275-278

  Jahangir, Mohammad ^a,b   Hussain, I ^a   Khurshid, K ^a   Haroon, T S ^a  

^a KING EDWARD MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DERMATOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HAIR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PAKISTAN; SKIN; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON VERRUCOSUM; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PAKISTAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 0032902677     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.1999.00652.x     Document Type: Article

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