Onychomycosis: The development of a clinical diagnostic aid for toenail disease. Part I. Establishing discriminating historical and clinical features

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 701-705

  Fletcher, C L ^a,c   Hay, R J ^a   Smeeton, N C ^b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KINGSTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnostic aid; Onychomycosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHYTE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOOT SOLE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NAIL COLOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; STANDARD; TINEA PEDIS; TOENAIL ONYCHOMYCOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TINEA PEDIS; TOES;

EID: 2342595840     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0007-0963.2004.05871.x     Document Type: Article

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