Skin diseases of the lower extremities in the elderly

Dermatologic Clinics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-21

  Theodosat, Athena ^a  

^a Apartment 106 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMCINONIDE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; BETAMETHASONE; CANTHARIDIN; CICLOPIROX; CIDOFOVIR; CLOBETASOL; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPHENCYPRONE; ETRETIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUOCINOLONE; FLUOCINONIDE; GRISEOFULVIN; IMIDAZOLE; IMIQUIMOD; ITRACONAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; LINDANE; PERMETHRIN; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN; POLYSPORIN; SALICYLIC ACID; STEROID; TERBINAFINE;

CALLOSITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CRYOSURGERY; DERMATITIS; FINGER MALFORMATION; FOOT DISEASE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HAIR LOSS; HALLUX RIGIDUS; HAMMER TOE; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; JOINT SURGERY; LASER SURGERY; LEG; LEG ULCER; LICHEN PLANUS; MYCOSIS; NEURODERMATITIS; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SCABIES; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN DISEASE; STASIS DERMATITIS; TINEA PEDIS; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

EID: 1242329003     PISSN: 07338635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8635(03)00113-X     Document Type: Review

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