Pityriasis amiantacea: A report of two cases in adults

Cutis

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 187-189

  Bettencourt, Miriam S ^a   Olsen, Elise A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PITYRIASIS; SCALP; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; ALOPECIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PITYRIASIS; SALICYLIC ACID; SCALP;

EID: 0033190903     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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