Cost-effectiveness of diagnostic tests for toenail onychomycosis: A repeated-measure, single-blinded, cross-sectional evaluation of 7 diagnostic tests

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 620-626

  Lilly, Kia K ^a   Koshnick, Rebecca L ^a   Grill, Joseph P ^b   Khalil, Zena M ^c   Nelson, David B ^b   Warshaw, Erin M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CICLOPIROX; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DERMATOPHYTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NAIL DYSTROPHY; ONYCHOLYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOENAIL ONYCHOMYCOSIS;

AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 33748919442     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2006.03.033     Document Type: Article

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