Laboratory diagnosis of onychomycosis

Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 565-578

  Alberhasky, Robert C ^a,b  

^a Euclid Hospital Cleveland Clinic   (United States)

^b OH 44108 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; TERBINAFINE;

CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DERMATOPHYTE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MYCOSIS; NAIL DISEASE; NAIL DYSTROPHY; NAIL INFECTION; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIDERMOPHYTON; FOOT DERMATOSES; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; NAILS; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 4644253856     PISSN: 08918422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpm.2004.06.001     Document Type: Review

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