Is slow nail growth a risk factor for onychomycosis?

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 415-418

  Yu, H J ^a   Kwon, H M ^a   Oh, D H ^a   Kim, J S ^a  

^a Hanyang University Guri Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MALE; NAIL; NAIL DISEASE; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 3242772111     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2004.01543.x     Document Type: Article

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