X-linked ichthyosis and undescended testes

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 614-616

  Al Jasmi, Fatima ^a   Al Khenaizan, Sultan ^a  

^a NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMOLLIENT AGENT; LACTIC ACID; UREA;

ARM; CRYPTORCHISM; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; ICHTHYOSIS; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; LETTER; MALAISE; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EXAMINATION; STRATUM CORNEUM; TESTIS FUNCTION; TRUNK; VIRUS INFECTION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTORCHIDISM; HUMANS; ICHTHYOSIS, X-LINKED; MALE;

EID: 0036751349     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2002.01486_2.x     Document Type: Letter

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