The Pattern, Risk Factors and Clinico-Aetiological Correlate of Tinea Capitis Among the Children in a Tropical Community Setting of Osogbo, South-Western Nigeria
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Dermatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, and College of Health Sciences, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology,Ogbomoso,Oyo State,Nigeria Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex,and College of Health Sciences,Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, Nigeria Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex,and College of Health Sciences,Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, Nigeria
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