Revisiting the epidemiology of onychomycoses;Un nuevo enfoque sobre la epidemiología de las onicomicosis

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 163-166

  Arrese, Jorge E ^a   Valverde, Jenny C ^b   Pierard, Gérald E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b HOSPITAL REGIONAL DOCENTE DE TRUJILLO   (Peru)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Non mycotic onychodystrophies; Onychomycoses

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAIL DISEASE; NAIL DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

FUNGI;

EID: 28444474496     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1130-1406(05)70032-2     Document Type: Article

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