A case of pityriasis versicolor atrophicans

Mycoses

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 439-441

  Romano, C ^a,c   Maritati, E ^a   Ghilardi, A ^a   Miracco, C ^a   Mancianti, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Malassezia globosa; Pityriasis versicolor

Indexed keywords

IMIDAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKERATOSIS; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA GLOBOSA; PITYRIASIS VERSICOLOR ATROPHICANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN BIOPSY; SYMPTOM; TINEA VERSICOLOR; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LETTER; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SKIN;

MALASSEZIA GLOBOSA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALASSEZIA; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; TINEA VERSICOLOR;

EID: 33644674393     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2005.01160.x     Document Type: Article

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