The diagnosis of onychomycosis in a geriatric population: A study of 450 cases in South Florida

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 456-464

  Scherer, William P ^a,b   McCreary, Jon P ^b   Hayes, Walter W ^b  

^a AMERICAN BOARD OF PODIATRIC SURGERY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOLOGY; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; SKIN DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; FLORIDA; FOOT DERMATOSES; FUNGI; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOLOGY; ONYCHOMYCOSIS;

EID: 0035489624     PISSN: 87507315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7547/87507315-91-9-456     Document Type: Article

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