Scalp ringworm in south-east London and an analysis of a cohort of patients from a paediatric dermatology department

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 148, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 985-988

  Fuller, L C ^a   Child, F C ^a   Midgley, G ^b   Higgins, E M ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hair type; Hairstyles; Ringworm; Trichophyton tonsurans

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; GRISEOFULVIN; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HAIR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCALP; SEX DIFFERENCE; TINEA CAPITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE; DERMATOLOGY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HAIR; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; INFANT; LONDON; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 0037863108     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05022.x     Document Type: Article

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