Evaluation of clinicomycological aspects of onychomycosis

Indian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 174-178

  Kaur, Ravinder ^a   Kashyap, Bineeta ^a,b   Makkar, Rati ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Vimal CGHS Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

Culture; Diagnosis; Drilling; Nails; Onychomycosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DRILL; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYCOLOGY; NAIL; NONHUMAN; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 58149456694     PISSN: 00195154     EISSN: 19983611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.44788     Document Type: Article

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