Unnecessary surgical treatment of fungal kerions in children

British Medical Journal

Volumn 320, Issue 7236, 2000, Pages 696-697

  Gibbon, Karen L ^a   Goldsmith, Portia ^b   Salisbury, Jennifer A ^a   Bewley, Anthony P ^a  

^a WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; KERION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; DERMATOMYCOSES; HUMANS; MALE; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 0034635868     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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