Tinea imbricata: Autosornal dominant pattern of susceptibility in a polygamous indigenous family of the Nahuatl zone in Mexico

Mycoses

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 288-291

  Bonifaz, A ^a,b   Araiza, J ^a   Koffman Alfaro, Susana ^a   Paredes Solis, Vanessa ^a   Cuevas Covarrubias, S ^a   Rivera, M R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Zempoala 60 101 Narvarte ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic disposition; Tinea imbricata; Tokelau; Trichophyton concentricum

Indexed keywords

TRICHOPHYTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TINEA; TINEA IMBRICATA; TOKELAU; TRICHOPHYTON CONCENTRICUM; ADOLESCENT; DOMINANT GENE; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FAMILY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MARRIAGE; MEXICO; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; TRICHOPHYTON;

FUNGI; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON CONCENTRICUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; POPULATION GROUPS; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 4344581918     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2004.00989.x     Document Type: Article

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