Onychomycosis: Newer insights in pathogenesis and diagnosis

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 263-270

  Grover, Chander ^a   Khurana, Ananta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; onychomycosis; pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SPECTROMETRY;

DERMATOLOGY; FOOT DERMATOSES; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; ONYCHOMYCOSIS;

EID: 84862084528     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: 09733922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.95440     Document Type: Conference Paper

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