Onychomycosis: An asian perspective

SKINmed

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-45

  Sehgal, Virendra N ^a,b   Srivastava, Govind ^b   Dogra, Sunil ^c   Chaudhary, Anuradha ^d   Adhikari, Tulsi ^e  

^a Sehgal Nursing Home   (India)

^b Skin Institute and School of Dermatology   (India)

^c POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^e INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRODERMATACEAE; ASIA; COMORBIDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; REVIEW;

ARTHRODERMATACEAE; ASIA; COMORBIDITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ONYCHOMYCOSIS;

EID: 77957660782     PISSN: 15409740     EISSN: 17517125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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