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Tinea Capitis

Known as: Tinea Capitis Profundas, Profunda Barbae, Trichophytia, Profundas, Tinea Capitis 
Ringworm of the scalp and associated hair mainly caused by species of MICROSPORUM; TRICHOPHYTON; and EPIDERMOPHYTON, which may occasionally involve… 
National Institutes of Health

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Broader (2)

Dermatophytosis of Scalp and BeardMicrosporum
GRISEOFULVIN, ULTRAMICROCRYSTALLINEGriseofulvinGriseofulvin 125 MG Oral TabletGriseofulvin 25 MG/ML Oral Suspension

Narrower (2)

Kerion celsiTinea Favosa

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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Tinea capitis in eastern Nepal
Background  Tinea capitis is an increasing public health concern throughout the world. The clinical types and etiological agents… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Selective electromyography of dorsal neck muscles in humans
The patterns of activation of splenius capitis, semispinalis capitis, transversospinalis, and levator scapulae muscles were… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
The emergence of Trichophyton tonsurans tinea capitis in Birmingham, U.K.
The anthropophilic fungus Trichophyton tonsurans is a cause of tinea capitis in children. Since the 1950s the organism has spread… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Treatment of tinea unguium with medium and high doses of ultramicrosize griseofulvin compared with that with itraconazole
Toenail tinea is a very recalcitrant dermatosis. Griseofulvin at > or = 500 mg/day is the current medication of choice, but it is… 
Review
1992
Review
1992
Is tinea unguium still widely incurable? A review three decades after the introduction of griseofulvin.
BACKGROUND Tinea unguium, especially of the feet, for ages has been looked on as an incurable disease. Today, therapeutic outcome… 
1982
1982
Tinea capitis in Brooklyn.
Tinea capitis, a disease of children, occurs throughout the United States. We studied 144 clinically diagnosed cases of tinea… 
1978
1978
Trichophytin reactions in children with tinea capitis.
Of 52 patients with proved Trichophyton tonsurans infection of the scalp, 16 had an inflammatory reaction to this infection… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Model dermatophytosis in naturally infected subjects.
Model infections with Trichophyton mentagrophytes var granulare were used to assay defenses to dermatophyte infection and to… 
Review
1966
Review
1966
THE CARRIER STAGE OF TINEA CAPITIS IN NIGERIA.
TINEA capitis is highly endemic in Nigeria. Being a comparative trivilialitV; it i.s seldom complained of, but cases arc easy to… 
Highly Cited
1952
Highly Cited
1952
Tinea capitis caused by Trichophyton tonsurans (sulfureum or crateriforme).
MEDICAL mycology has enjoyed a tremendous wave of popularity in recent years, especially among dermatologists. The appearance… 
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