Rosacea-like demodicidosis in an immunocompromised child

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 28-30

  García Morrás, Patricia ^a   Pérez Santos, Susana ^a   Longo Imedio, Isabel ^a   Lecona Echeverría, Manuel ^a   Hernanz Hermosa, José Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; PERMETHRIN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMODEX; DEMODICIDOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITIC SKIN DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PERIORAL DERMATITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; ROSACEA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFESTATION; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, PERIORAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC; MALE; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PERMETHRIN; ROSACEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042824110     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1470.2003.03006.x     Document Type: Article

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