Pityrosporum folliculitis during pregnancy is not pruritic folliculitis of pregnancy [11]

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1098-1099

  Kroumpouzos, George ^a,b,c  

^a South Shore Medical Center   (United States)

^b South Shore Hospital   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOYL PEROXIDE; STEROID;

BIOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELIVERY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLICULITIS; HUMAN; LETTER; PITYROSPORUM FOLLICULITIS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITIC FOLLICULITIS OF PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM;

DERMATOMYCOSES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; HUMANS; MALASSEZIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRURITUS;

EID: 27944451453     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2005.06.046     Document Type: Letter

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