Molluscum contagiosum in Greek children: A case series

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 221-223

  Kakourou, Talia ^a   Zachariades, Asimina ^a   Anastasiou, Tasos ^a   Architectonidou, Eleni ^a   Georgala, Sofia ^a   Theodoridou, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLIMATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FACE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; SCAR FORMATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRUNK;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM;

EID: 15844428997     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02074.x     Document Type: Article

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