Pityriasis Alba

Cutis

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-13

  Galan, Elizabeth B ^a   Janniger, Camila K ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INFANT; MALE; PITYRIASIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INFANT; MALE; PITYRIASIS;

EID: 0031602487     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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