Comma hairs: A dermatoscopic marker for tinea capitis. A rapid diagnostic method

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 59, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Slowinska, Monika ^a   Rudnicka, Lidia ^a   Schwartz, Robert A ^c   Kowalska Oledzka, Elzbieta ^a   Rakowska, Adriana ^a   Sicinska, Justyna ^a   Lukomska, Malgorzata ^a   Olszewska, Malgorzata ^b   Szymanska, Elzbieta ^a  

^a Central Medical Hospital MSWiA   (Poland)

^b Klinika Dermatologiczna Medical University of Warsaw   (Poland)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSPORUM CANIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TINEA CAPITIS;

ALOPECIA AREATA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; TINEA CAPITIS;

EID: 53349096710     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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