Frequency of peripheral arterial disease and venous insufficiency in toenail onychomycosis

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 107-110

  Ozkan, Fuat ^a   Ozturk, Perihan ^a   Ozyurt, Kemal ^a   Inci, Mehmet F ^a   Kalender, Ali M ^a   Bakan, Betul ^a   Yuksel, Murvet ^a  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasonography; epidemiology; onychomycosis; peripheral arterial disease; venous insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PERIPHERAL VEIN; RANDOMIZATION; TOENAIL ONYCHOMYCOSIS; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; TURKEY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84874107673     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1346-8138.12020     Document Type: Article

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