Prevalence of scalp scaling in prepubertal children

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Williams, Judith V ^a   Eichenfield, Lawrence F ^b   Burke, Bonnie L ^a   Barnes Eley, Myra ^a   Friedlander, Sheila F ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF THE KING S DAUGHTERS   (United States)

^b RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Scalp scaling; Seborrheic dermatitis; Tinea capitis

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DERMATOPHYTE; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREPUBERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS; URBAN AREA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; NEGRO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATITIS, SEBORRHEIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCALP DERMATOSES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 15444373287     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-1616     Document Type: Article

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