Tinea capitis in Diyarbakir, Turkey

Mycoses

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 8-10

  Akpolat, Nezahat Özerdem ^a   Akdeniz, S ^a   Elci, S ^a   Atmaca, S ^a   Ozekinci T ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dermatophytes; Epidemiology; Tinea capitis; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DERMATOPHYTE; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSPORUM CANIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TINEA; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON VERRUCOSUM; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MICROSPORUM; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON; TURKEY;

ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CANIS; FUNGI; MICROSPORUM CANIS; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON VERRUCOSUM; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM;

EID: 13844256986     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2004.01065.x     Document Type: Article

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