Tinea capitis in eastern Nepal

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 100-102

  Jha, Bibeka Nand ^a   Garg, Vijay Kumar ^a   Agrawal, Sudha ^a   Khanal, Basudha ^a   Agarwalla, Arun ^a  

^a B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; BATH; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DERMATOPHYTE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUNGUS SPORE; HAIR ROOT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSPORUM AUDOUINII; MICROSPORUM CANIS; MICROSPORUM GYPSEUM; NEPAL; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUSTULE; RISK FACTOR; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SEX RATIO; SKIN BIOPSY; SOCIAL STATUS; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEPAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TINEA CAPITIS;

EID: 33645963151     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02343.x     Document Type: Article

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