Tinea Capitis caused by Microsporum Canis infection in a 75-years-old woman.

G Ital Dermatol Venereol

Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università del Piemonte Orientale "Amedeo Avogadro", Novara, Italy -

Published: July 2014

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