Epidemiology of onychomycosis in patients with diabetes mellitus in India

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 647-651

  Dogra, Sunil ^a   Kumar, Bhushan ^a   Bhansali, Anil ^a   Chakrabarty, Arunaloke ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHYTE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INDIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOULD; NONHUMAN; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; YEAST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0036775430     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2002.01528.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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