Prevalence of Pityriasis versicolor among diabetics in Basrah

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 443-446

  Mansour, Abbas Ali ^a   Hamdi, Khalil I ^a   Al Aseady, Amer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASRAH   (Iraq)

^b BAGHDAD TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Fungal infection; Pityriasis versicolor; Skin

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; SKIN EXAMINATION; SOCIAL STATUS; STRATUM CORNEUM; TINEA VERSICOLOR; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 60249086094     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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