Pityriasis amiantacea: A clinical and etiopathologic study of 85 patients

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 260-264

  Abdel Hamid, Ibrahim A ^a   Agha, Salah A ^a   Moustafa, Yosry M ^a   El Laban, Ayman M ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRISEOFULVIN; KETOCONAZOLE; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; SALICYLIC ACID; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALOPECIA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FUNGAL CELL CULTURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PITYRIASIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSORIASIS; SCALP HAIR; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TINEA CAPITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITYRIASIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCALP DERMATOSES;

EID: 0037692070     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2003.01755.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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