Onychomycosis in Cameroon: A clinical and epidemiological study among dermatological patients

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1474-1477

  Nkondjo Minkoumou, Salvador ^a   Fabrizi, Valentina ^a   Papini, Manuela ^a  

^a S MARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CAMEROON; CONSULTATION; DERMATOLOGIST; DERMATOPHYTE; FEMALE; FINGERNAIL ONYCHOMYCOSIS; FUNGUS; FUSARIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEOSCYTALIDIUM DIMIDIATUM; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOENAIL ONYCHOMYCOSIS; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPERGILLOSIS; CAMEROON; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; FUSARIOSIS; HAND DERMATOSES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; TINEA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869766779     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2012.05509.x     Document Type: Article

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