Lichen scrofulosorum: A prospective study of 39 patients

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 489-493

  Singal, Archana ^a,b   Bhattacharya, Sambit N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LICHEN SCROFULOSORUM; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RARE DISEASE; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BCG VACCINE; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, CUTANEOUS; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VACCINATION;

EID: 20944442781     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2005.02499.x     Document Type: Article

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