Eczematous diseases of the geriatric population

Dermatologic Clinics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-5

  Dewberry, Charles ^a   Norman, Robert A ^a   Bock, Megan ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; FISH OIL; PIMECROLIMUS; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

AMYLOIDOSIS; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DERMATITIS; DIET; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ECZEMA; FLUID INTAKE; FOLLICULITIS; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; IMPETIGO; LICHEN PLANUS; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; NEOPLASM; NEURODERMATITIS; NUMMULAR DERMATITIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; POMPHOLYX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURIGO; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; REVIEW; ROSACEA; SCABIES; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; TINEA CORPORIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; VITILIGO;

EID: 1242351537     PISSN: 07338635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8635(03)00117-7     Document Type: Review

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