Three patients with orf (ecthyma contagiosum);Drie patiënten met orf (ecthyma contagiosum)

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 148, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 788-791

  Schimmer, B ^a   Sprenger, H G ^c   Wismans, P J ^b   Van Genderen, P J J ^b  

^a Instituut Voor Tropische Ziekten   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECTHYMA, CONTAGIOUS; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 1842853210     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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