Diagnosing Onychomycosis

Dermatologic Clinics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 365-369

  Gupta, Aditya K ^a,b   Ricci, Mary Jo ^b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MEDIPROBE RESEARCH INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FUNGAL STRAIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

FOOT DERMATOSES; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; ONYCHOMYCOSIS;

EID: 33745220517     PISSN: 07338635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.det.2006.03.008     Document Type: Review

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