Screening for tinea unguium by thermography in older adults with subungual hyperkeratosis

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 991-996

  Miura, Yuka ^a,b   Takehara, Kimie ^a   Nakagami, Gojiro ^a   Amemiya, Ayumi ^a,b   Kanazawa, Toshiki ^a   Kimura, Nao ^a   Kishi, Chihiro ^c   Koyano, Yuiko ^a   Tamai, Nao ^a   Nakamura, Tetsuro ^d   Kawashima, Makoto ^e   Tsunemi, Yuichiro ^e   Sanada, Hiromi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Shukokai Medical Corporation   (Japan)

^e TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aged; Nail diseases; Onychomycosis; Sensitivity and specificity; Thermography

Indexed keywords

AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DERMATOLOGIST; FEMALE; FUNGAL DETECTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NURSING CARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBUNGUAL HYPERKERATOSIS; THERMOGRAPHY; TOENAIL ONYCHOMYCOSIS; VERY ELDERLY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FOOT DERMATOSES; HOME FOR THE AGED; JAPAN; MASS SCREENING; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX RATIO;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INSURANCE, LONG-TERM CARE; JAPAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84937967365     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12380     Document Type: Article

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