Outbreak of demodex folliculitis on the face and upper trunk during 311-nm UVB therapy for psoriasis [12]

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 236-238

  Aytekin, Sema ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METRONIDAZOLE; STEROID;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DEMODEX; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; FOLLICULITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LETTER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SICKNESS; RATING SCALE; TELANGIECTASIA; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; HUMANS; MITE INFESTATIONS; PSORIASIS; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 1642352108     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2004.00898.x     Document Type: Letter

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