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Ringworm on Scalp (cont.)

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Author:Tuan Dang Nguyen, MD, Consulting Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center.

Coauthor(s): Lisandro Irizarry, MD, MPH, FAAEM, Chair and Program Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brooklyn Hospital Center; Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Weill Cornell School of Medicine; Mai Kim Lai, MD, Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Sparrow Hospital, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.

Editors:Patrick Taylor, MD, FAAEM, Medical Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, CHRISTUS St Frances Cabrini Hospital; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Thomas Rebbecchi, MD, FAAEM, Program Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.

Last Editorial Review: 10/24/2005

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