An observational and descriptive study of the epidemiology of and therapeutic approach to onychomycosis in dermatology offices in Brazil;Estudo obervacional descritivo da epidemiologia e abordagem terapêutica da onicomicose nos consultórios dermatológicos no Brasil

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-11

  di Chiacchio, Nilton ^a   Suarez, Maria Victoria ^b   Madeira, Celso Luís ^b   Loureiro, Walter Refkalefsky ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DO SERVIDOR PÚBLICO ESTADUAL DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Epidemiology; Onychomycosis

Indexed keywords

AMOROLFINE; CICLOPIROX; CICLOPIROXOLAMINE; FLUCONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE;

ABRASION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAZIL; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENDER; HAND INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DISEASE; TINEA PEDIS; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; DERMATOLOGY; HAND DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; AGED; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; HALLUX; INDEX FINGER; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DERMATOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875392458     PISSN: 03650596     EISSN: 18064841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0365-05962013000100003     Document Type: Article

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