Histological diagnosis of onychomycosis;Histologische diagnose der onychomykose

JDDG - Journal of the German Society of Dermatology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 177-180

  Herbst, Rudolf A ^a   Brinkmeier, Thomas ^a   Frosch, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnostic; Direct microscopy; Fungal culture; Histology; Nail disease; Nail fungus; PAS

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENCY; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROSCOPY; NAIL; NAIL DISEASE; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; REVIEW; SPECIES INVASION; SYSTEMIC THERAPY;

FOOT DERMATOSES; FUNGI; HAND DERMATOSES; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037884744     PISSN: 16100379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1610-0387.2003.02033.x     Document Type: Review

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