Tinea Capitis among Children and Adolescents in the Farwaniya Region of Kuwait

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 904-909

  Nawaf, Al Mutairi ^a,b   Joshi, Arun ^a   Zaki, Amr ^a   Nour Eldin, Osama ^a   Al Sheltawy, Mazen ^a   El Adawy, Ibtesam ^a   Sharma, Ashok K ^a  

^a FARWANIYA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b NONE   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Clinical types; Dermatophytes; Kuwait; Seborrheic or dandruff like; Tinea capitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLACK DOT VARIANT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GRAY PATCH VARIANT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY KERION; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSPORUM AUDOUINII; MICROSPORUM CANIS; MICROSPORUM GYPSEUM; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS; TRICHOPHYTON VERRUCOSUM; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM;

EID: 0942266113     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2003.tb00346.x     Document Type: Article

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