"Tinea pseudoimbricata": Tinea corporis in a renal transplant recipient mimicking the concentric rings of tinea imbricata [9]

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 332-333

  Lim, S P R ^a   Smith, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; TERBINAFINE;

ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LETTER; MICROSCOPY; OSTEOSARCOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TINEA CORPORIS; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS;

ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; TINEA;

EID: 0038792407     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2230.2003.01281.x     Document Type: Letter

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