Tinea nigra: Report of two cases in infants

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 315-317

  Pegas, José Roberto ^a   Criado, Paulo Ricardo ^a,b   Lucena, Suzana Kilian ^a   De Oliveira, Marco Antônio ^a  

^a Hosp Serv Pub Estadual S Paulo   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; MALE; PHAEOANNELOMYCES WERNECKII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TINEA MANUUM; TINEA NIGRA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EXOPHIALA; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TINEA;

EID: 0042707629     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1470.2003.20408.x     Document Type: Article

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