Usefulness of histological examination for the diagnosis of onychomycosis

Dermatology

Volumn 202, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 283-288

  Gianni, Claudia ^a   Morelli, Valeria ^b   Cerri, Amilcare ^a   Greco, Consuelo ^b   Rossini, Patrizia ^a   Guiducci, Antonio ^b   Braidotti, Paola ^a   Calcaterra, Roberta ^a   Papini, Manuela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Fungal morphology; Histological examination; Nail clipping; Onychomycosis

Indexed keywords

BIFONAZOLE; CICLOPIROX; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DERMATOPHYTE; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NAIL; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE CULTURE CELL; YEAST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; FUNGI; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0034916872     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000051659     Document Type: Article

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