Skin disorders in black children

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 381-385

  Laude, Teresita A ^a  

^a and Maimonides Medical Center Jaffe Stroke Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; AZELAIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID; ESOTERICA; GRISEOFULVIN; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROQUINONE; KETOCONAZOLE; PORCELANA; RETINOIC ACID; SELENIUM SULFIDE; SHAMPOO; SILICONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACNE; CHILD; EXCISION; HAIR DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; INTRALESIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KELOID; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSTULOSIS; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; STEROID THERAPY; TINEA CAPITIS; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0029852065     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008480-199608000-00014     Document Type: Review

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