'Whitish chains': A remarkable in vivo dermoscopic finding of tungiasis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 991-992

  Bakos, R M ^a   Bakos, L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dermoscopy; Tungiasis; Whitish chains; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ERYSIPELAS; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LETTER; MORBIDITY; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN PENETRATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TUNGIASIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DERMOSCOPY; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; FLEAS; FOOT DISEASES; HUMANS; NAILS; TOES;

EID: 51849164552     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.08782.x     Document Type: Letter

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