Probable decompression sickness in a trainee with atopic dermatitis

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 693-695

  Yoneda, Ikuo ^a,b,c  

^a Aeromedical Laboratory   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c Aeromedical Laboratory

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR FORCE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; HYPOBARISM; JAPAN; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARESTHESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL;

EID: 0031826901     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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