Tinea capitis in Van, Turkey

Mycoses

Volumn 45, Issue 11-12, 2002, Pages 492-495

  Metin, Ahmet ^a,c   Subasi S ^b   Bozkurt, H ^a   Çalka, Ömer ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b State Hospital   (Turkey)

^c YYU Tip Fakult Arastirma Hastanesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Epidemiology; Tinea capitis; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHYTE; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; MALE; MICROFLORA; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON VERRUCOSUM; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON; TURKEY;

ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; FUNGI; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON VERRUCOSUM; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM;

EID: 0036460760     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0507.2002.00802.x     Document Type: Article

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