Diagnosing dermatomycosis in general practice

Family Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 611-615

  Lousbergh, D ^a,c   Buntinx, F ^a   Pierard G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c Huisartsgeneeskunde   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cyanoacrylate surface skin scraping; Dermatomycosis; Potassium hydroxide test

Indexed keywords

CYANOACRYLATE; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERYTHEMATOSQUAMOUS SKIN DISEASE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN SURFACE;

EID: 0033451696     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/16.6.611     Document Type: Article

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