Onychoprotothecosis: Report of the first case in Brazil

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1071-1073

  Zaitz, Clarisse ^a,b   Godoy, Andrea Miranda ^a,b,c   de Sousa, Valéria Maria ^a,b   Ruiz, Ligia Rangel B ^a,b   Masada, Andréa S ^a,b   Nobre, Márcia Valéria ^a,b   Alencar Santos, Ana Regina ^a   Marques, Ana Cristina ^a,b   Hitomi Muramatu, Laura ^a,b   Hernandez Arrigada, Giovanna Letícia ^a,b   Heins Vaccari, Elisabeth Maria ^a,b   Costa Martins, José Eduardo ^a,b  

^a FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS MÉDICAS DA SANTA CASA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TIOCONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CHLORELLA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; NAIL COLOR DEFECT; NAIL INFECTION; ONYCHOPROTOTHECOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN EXAMINATION;

EID: 33748262626     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2006.03038.x     Document Type: Article

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