Multiple giant molluscum contagiosum in a renal transplant recipient

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 120-123

  Mansur, A Tülin ^a,b   Goktay F ^a   Gunduz S ^a   Serdar, Z A ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Molluscum contagiosum; Renal transplant; Viral skin disease

Indexed keywords

MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLA; CASE REPORT; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CURETTAGE; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS;

EID: 10944258375     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2004.00060.x     Document Type: Article

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