Study of clinically suspected onychomycosis in a podiatric population

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 327-330

  Jennings, Maureen B ^a   Weinberg, Jeffrey M ^b   Koestenblatt, Evelyn K ^c   Lesczczynski, Christine ^a  

^a NEW YORK COLLEGE OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRODERMA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PODIATRY; RANDOMIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DISEASE; STATISTICS; TRICHOPHYTON;

ADULT; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PODIATRY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 0036594616     PISSN: 87507315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7547/87507315-92-6-327     Document Type: Article

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