Hydroquinone neuropathy following use of skin bleaching creams: Case report

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 223-224

  Karamagi, C ^a,b   Owino, E ^a   Katabira, E T ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; HYDROQUINONE; HYDROQUINONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; PARAPLEGIA; PARESTHESIA;

ADULT; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROQUINONES; PARAPARESIS; PARESTHESIA;

EID: 0035542017     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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