Mycetoma of the hand

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 352-354

  Abd El Bagi, Mohamed ^a,b   Wahab, Osman Abdul ^a   Al Thagafi, Mohamed A ^b   El Sheikh, Hassan ^a   Al Salman, Khalid ^b   Taifoor, Mohamed K ^a   Osman, Fatmah M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b Armed Forces Hospital ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE BIOPSY; BONE EROSION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HAND AMPUTATION; HAND INFECTION; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MADURELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METACARPAL BONE; MYCETOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERIOSTITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SUDAN; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WRIST DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MADUROMYCOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 1842738624     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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