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Original Research

Evaluation Of The Efficacy Of Fluorescent Staining And Chicago Sky Blue Staining As Methods For Diagnosis Of Dermatophytosis In Hair And Nails

Basma Mourad1 Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
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Mayada Ismail1 Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
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Soha Hawwam1 Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, EgyptCorrespondence[email protected]
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Mina Msseha2 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
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Reham Hassan3 Department of Dermatology and Venerelogy, Kafr Elsheikh General Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kafr Elsheikh, Egypt
Pages 751-758 | Published online: 09 Oct 2019

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