Nail changes and disorders among the elderly

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 386-392

  Singh, Gurcharan ^a,b   Haneef, Nayeem Sadath ^a   Uday, A ^a  

^a SRI DEVARAJ URS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Geriatric; Nail changes; Nail disorders

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CICLOPIROX; CLOFAZIMINE; FLUCONAZOLE; GRISEOFULVIN; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; PAINT; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; STEROID; TERBINAFINE; THYMOL; TRIAMCINOLONE;

AGED; AGING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXOSTOSIS; HEMATOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MYCOSIS; NAIL COLOR; NAIL DISEASE; NAIL INFECTION; NAIL PIGMENTATION; NEOPLASM; ONYCHAUXIS; ONYCHOCLAVUS; ONYCHOCRYPTOSIS; ONYCHOGRYPOSIS; ONYCHOLYSIS; ONYCHOPHOSIS; PACHYONYCHIA; PARONYCHIA; PSEUDOCYST; REVIEW; TRACHYONYCHIA;

EID: 28844456144     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.18941     Document Type: Review

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