Disseminated and Disfiguring Molluscum Contagiosum in a Child

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 436-439

  Dave, Shriya ^a   Thappa, Devinder Mohan ^a   Karthikeyan, Kaliaperumal ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIDOFOVIR; IMIQUIMOD; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EOSINOPHIL; EYELID; FACE; FEMALE; FOOT; GROWTH RETARDATION; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KERATINOCYTE; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; PAPULE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRUNK;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSANGUINITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM;

EID: 0142135947     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1470.2003.20515.x     Document Type: Article

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