Evaluation of the diagnostic methods of onychomycosis;Avaliação dos métodos diagnósticos para onicomicose

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-124

  Zanardi, Daniela ^a,c   Nunes, Daniel Holthausen ^a,b   Pacheco, Alexsandra Da Silva ^a   Tubone, Mariana Quirino ^a   De Souza Filho, Jorge José ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b Disciplina de Dermatologia e Alergia Clínica Unisul

^c Ciências Médicas ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Microscopy; Onychomycosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREDICTION; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 53549113911     PISSN: 03650596     EISSN: 18064841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0365-05962008000200003     Document Type: Article

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