Endemic paracoccidioidomycosis: Relationship between clinical presentation and patients' demographic features

Medical Mycology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 313-318

  Bellissimo Rodrigues, Fernando ^a   Bollela, Valdes Roberto ^a   Da Fonseca, Benedito Antônio Lopes ^a   Martinez, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Age; Clinical presentation; Ethnicity; Paracoccidioidomycosis; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONES OF THE ARM AND HAND; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTESTINE; JOINT; LARYNX; LUNG; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN COLOR; SKIN DEFECT; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; SPLEEN;

EID: 84875161414     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2012.714529     Document Type: Article

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