Onychomycosis in patients with psoriasis - a multicentre study

Mycoses

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 143-147

  Zisova, L ^a   Valtchev, V ^b   Sotiriou, E ^c   Gospodinov, D ^b   Mateev, G ^d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY PLEVEN   (Bulgaria)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Onychomycosis; Psoriasis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; AGED; BULGARIA; CANDIDA; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DERMATOPHYTE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOULD; NAIL DYSTROPHY; NAIL PSORIASIS SEVERITY INDEX; NONHUMAN; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PSORIASIS SEVERITY INDEX; REVIEW; TINEA PEDIS; YEAST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; ASPERGILLUS; BULGARIA; CANDIDA; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; GREECE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; PSORIASIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CANDIDA; THESSALONIKI; TINEA PEDIS;

EID: 84857239340     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2011.02053.x     Document Type: Review

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