A twenty-year survey of dermatophytoses in Braga, Portugal

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 822-827

  Valdigem, G L ^a   Pereira, T ^b   Macedo, C ^b   Duarte, M L ^b   Oliveira, P ^c   Ludovico, P ^a   Sousa Basto, A ^b   Leao C ^a   Rodrigues, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE BRAGA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DERMATOPHYTE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSPORUM CANIS; PORTUGAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33745630952     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2006.02886.x     Document Type: Article

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