A case of melanonychia due to Candida albicans

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 398-400

  Parlak, A H ^a   Goksugur, N ^a   Karabay, O ^a  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MELANONYCHIA; NAIL PIGMENTATION; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; MELANOSIS; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645348772     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2006.02115.x     Document Type: Article

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