Onychomycosis
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Onychomycosis.
subungual onychomycosis, which is the typical appearance seen in most dermatophyte infections: the disease spreads from the hyponychium into the nail and then progresses proximally, frequently along the lateral margins to affect the whole nail. Superficial white onychomycosis can be caused by a dermatophyte, usually Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. interdigitale or by nondermatophytic moulds. T...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1929
ISSN: 0035-9157
DOI: 10.1177/003591572902300241