Nail biopsy: Assessment of indications and outcome

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 190-194

  Grover, Chander ^a,b   Nanda, Soni ^a   Reddy, Belum Siva Nagi ^a   Chaturvedi, Krishnamoorthy Uma ^a  

^a LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAIL; NAIL BIOPSY; NAIL DISEASE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; TWENTY NAIL DYSTROPHY; EVALUATION; INDIA; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

ADULT; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; NAIL DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 15044349392     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042728-200502000-00013     Document Type: Article

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