Skin infections in renal transplant recipients and the relation with solar ultraviolet radiation

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 522-527

  Termorshuizen, F ^a   Hogewoning, A A ^b   Bouwes Bavinck, J N ^b   Goettsch, W G ^a   de Fijter, J W ^b   van Loveren, H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Renal transplant recipients; Retrospective cohort study; Skin infections; Solar ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES ZOSTER; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECIPIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN CANCER; SKIN INFECTION; SOLAR RADIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIRUS INFECTION; WINTER;

CANDIDIASIS, CUTANEOUS; COHORT STUDIES; DERMATOMYCOSES; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 0344466597     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0902-0063.2003.00099.x     Document Type: Article

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