Skin diseases in south-east Nigeria: A current perspective

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-33

  Nnoruka, E Nkechi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG ERUPTION; ECZEMA; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KWASHIORKOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NIGERIA; PEDICULOSIS; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS; STARVATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URBANIZATION; YAWS;

ACNEIFORM ERUPTIONS; ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLISTER; DERMATITIS; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 13444311057     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02485.x     Document Type: Article

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