Increased prevalence of onychomycosis among psoriatic patients in Israel

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-33

  Leibovici, Vera ^a   Hershko, Klilah ^a   Ingber, Arieh ^a   Westerman, Maria ^a   Leviatan Strauss, Nurit ^a   Hochberg, Malka ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Onychomycosis; Prevalence; Psoriasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CANDIDA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; PSORIASIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 38949105161     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0323     Document Type: Article

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