Dermatological findings following acute traumatic spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 175-178

  Rubin Asher, D ^a   Zeilig, G ^a   Klieger, M ^a   Adunsky, A ^a   Weingarden, H ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dermatological finding; Local fungal infection; Spinal cord injury; Tinea pedis

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; IMPETIGO; INFECTION PREVENTION; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARAPLEGIA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSORIASIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; REHABILITATION CENTER; SCABIES; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN CARE; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN DISEASES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 15944421256     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101697     Document Type: Article

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