Tinea capitis in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 444-447

  Morar, Nilesh ^a,c   Dlova, Ncoza C ^a   Gupta, Aditya K ^b   Aboobaker, Jamila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOPHYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSPORUM GYPSEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SOUTH AFRICA; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 3943113623     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0736-8046.2004.21404.x     Document Type: Article

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