Pathogenic Dermatophytes Survive in Nail Lesions During Oral Terbinafine Treatment for Tinea Unguium
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Tinea Unguium
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عنوان ژورنال: Mycopathologia
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0301-486X,1573-0832
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-017-0118-8