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Case Reports
. 2000 May 20;320(7246):1389-90.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7246.1389.

Lesson of the week. Tinea capitis in adults

D A Buckley  1 , L C Fuller, E M Higgins, A W du Vivier
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Case Reports

Lesson of the week. Tinea capitis in adults

D A Buckley et al. BMJ. .
No abstract available

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Circumscribed areas of alopecia on the crown in case 1, with inflammation, pustules, and scaling
Figure 2
Figure 2
Boggy mass on the scalp of patient 2, with overlying alopecia, pustules, and crusts
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