Onychomycosis in children. Retrospective study of 233 Mexican cases;Onicomicosis en niños. Estudio retrospectivo de 233 casos mexicanos

Gaceta Medica de Mexico

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-10

  Vásquez Del Mercado, Elsa ^a,b   Arenas, Roberto ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL DR MANUEL GEA GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Candida; Dermatophytes; Non dermatophytic molds; Onychomycosis

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCURRENT INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DERMATOPHYTE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FINGERNAIL ONYCHOMYCOSIS; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEXICO; NEWBORN; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOENAIL ONYCHOMYCOSIS; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEXICO; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 50849137181     PISSN: 00163813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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