Onychomycosis in central India: A clinicoetiologic correlation

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 498-502

  Garg, Amit ^a,b   Venkatesh, Vimala ^a,b   Singh, Mastan ^a,b   Pathak, Kushal P ^a,b   Kaushal, Gyan P ^a,b   Agrawal, Surendra K ^a,b  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Dr SPM Civil Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACREMONIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DERMATOPHYTE; EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM; FEMALE; FINGER NAIL; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIUM; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROSCOPY; MOULD; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PARONYCHIA; PATHOGENESIS; PENICILLIUM; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON VERRUCOSUM; ZYGOMYCETES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONYCHOMYCOSIS;

EID: 3543147104     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02125.x     Document Type: Article

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