Corns and calluses in athletes' feet: A cause for concern

Foot

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 175-184

  Grouios, George ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Corn and callus formation; Diagnosis; Etiology; Pathogenesis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

GLYCOLIC ACID; KERATOLYTIC AGENT; LACTIC ACID; MALIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID; SALICYLIC ACID; TEA TREE OIL; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; UREA;

ATHLETE; CALLOSITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROSURGERY; FOOT PAD; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; OSTEOTOMY; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN PROTECTION; SKIN STRUCTURE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 8444237428     PISSN: 09582592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foot.2004.07.005     Document Type: Review

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