Onychomycosis: An epidemio-etiologic perspective

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 100-103

  Jain, Sanjeev ^a   Sehgal, Virendra N ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

CANDIDA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOULD; NAIL DYSTROPHY; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SPAIN; TINEA PEDIS; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; FUNGUS; HAND DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; FUNGI; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0034133314     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2000.00808.x     Document Type: Review

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