Tinea capitis in adults

BMJ

Volumn 320, Issue 7246, 2000, Pages 1389-1390

  Buckley, Deirdre A ^a   Fuller, L Claire ^a   Higgins, Elisabeth M ^a   Du Vivier, Anthony W P ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; TERBINAFINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAPHTHALENES; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS;

EID: 0034690652     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.320.7246.1389     Document Type: Article

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