Diagnosing tinea versicolor: Don't scrape, just tape

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 68-69

  Rogers, Cindy J ^a   Cook, Thomas F ^b   Glaser, Dee Anna ^b,c  

^a St Louis University School of Medicine   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DERMATOMYCOSIS; HUMAN; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TINEA; TINEA VERSICOLOR;

CHILD; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; TINEA VERSICOLOR;

EID: 0034034289     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1470.2000.01715.x     Document Type: Article

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