The epidemiological, clinical and mycological studies on trichophytosis gladiatorum prevailing among Korean wrestlers

Korean Journal of Medical Mycology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 28-44

  Jun, Jae Bok ^a   Kim, Yeong Doo ^b  

^a Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Korean wrestlers; Trichophyton tonsurans; Trichophytosis gladiatorum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATITIS; DERMATOMYCOSIS; ERYTHEMA; EXTERNAL EAR; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; HUMAN; KERION; LYMPHADENITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROSPORUM CANIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SOUTH KOREA; TINEA; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS; TRICHOPHYTOSIS; TRICHOPHYTOSIS GLADIATORUM; WRESTLING;

ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CANIS; MICROSPORUM; MICROSPORUM CANIS; SWIETENIA; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS;

EID: 2942746587     PISSN: 12264709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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