Prevalence of toe nail onychomycosis in diabetic patients

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 425-428

  Saunte, Ditte Marie L ^a,b   Holgersen, Jane B ^a   Hædersdal, Merete ^a   Strauss, Gitte ^a   Bitsch, Mikael ^a   Svendsen, Ole L ^b   Arendrup, Maiken C ^a   Svejgaard, Else L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Candidosis; Dermatophytosis; Diabetes mellitus; Epidemiology; Onychomycosis; Tinea unguium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DERMATOPHYTE; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEUROPATHY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOENAIL ONYCHOMYCOSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; YEAST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENMARK; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33749000262     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0113     Document Type: Article

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