Risk factors for erysipelas of the leg (cellulitis): Case-control study

BMJ

Volumn 318, Issue 7198, 1999, Pages 1591-1594

  Dupuy, Alain ^a   Benchikhi, Hakima ^a   Roujeau, Jean Claude ^a   Bernard, Philippe ^c   Vaillant, Loïc ^d   Chosidow, Olivier ^e   Sassolas, Bruno ^f   Guillaume, Jean Claude ^g   Grob, Jean Jacques ^h   Bastuji Garin, Sylvie ^b  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

^d SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

^e PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^f BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g Pasteur Hospital   (France)

^h HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; ERYSIPELAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERTRIGO; LEG; LEG ULCER; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SKIN DISEASE; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; WOUND; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECUBITUS; DERMATITIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLULITIS; DATA COLLECTION; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE ULCER; RISK FACTORS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0033549158     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.318.7198.1591     Document Type: Article

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