An epidemiological and clinical study of untreated patients with tinea pedis within a company in Japan

Mycoses

Volumn 46, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 208-212

  Maruyama, Ryuji ^a   Hiruma, M ^b   Yamauchi, K ^c   Teraguchi, S ^c   Yamaguchi, H ^d  

^a Nakano General Hospital   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MORINAGA MILK INDUSTRY CO LTD   (Japan)

^d TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Prevalence; Severity score; Tinea pedis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAIRY PRODUCT; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PUSTULE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TINEA PEDIS;

ADULT; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TINEA PEDIS; TRICHOPHYTON;

TINEA;

EID: 0038052957     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0507.2003.00864.x     Document Type: Article

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