Prurigo Pigmentosa: A Misdiagnosed Dermatitis in Sicily

Cutis

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 99-102

  Schepis, Carmelo ^a   Siragusa, Maddalena ^a   Palazzo, Rosaria ^b   Cavallari, Vittorio ^c  

^a OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

^b Piemonte Hospital   (Italy)

^c Oasi Institute ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRURIGO;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; PRURIGO;

EID: 0033071785     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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