Corkscrew Hair: A new dermoscopic sign for diagnosis of tinea capitis in black children

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 355-356

  Hughes, Rosalind ^a   Chiaverini, Christine ^a,b   Bahadoran, Philippe ^a   Lacour, Jean Philippe ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NICE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOPECIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORKSCREW HAIR; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DERMATOPHYTOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LETTER; MALE; MICROSPORUM; MICROSPORUM LANGERONII; NEGRO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON SOUDANENSE; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSPORUM; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 79952825605     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2011.31     Document Type: Letter

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