Malassezia, dandruff and seborrhoeic dermatitis: An overview

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 165, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages 2-8

  Hay, R J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; KETOCONAZOLE; MINOCYCLINE; NYSTATIN;

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONFLUENT AND RETICULATED PAPILLOMATOSIS; DANDRUFF; HUMAN; MALASSEZIA FOLLICULITIS; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MALASSEZIA GLOBOSA; NONHUMAN; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; TINEA VERSICOLOR;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DERMATITIS, SEBORRHEIC; DERMATOMYCOSES; HUMANS; MALASSEZIA; SCALP DERMATOSES; TINEA VERSICOLOR;

EID: 80052847883     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2011.10570.x     Document Type: Review

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