Role of Malassezia Yeast (Pityrosporum) in Seborrhoeic Dermatitis (SD)

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 771-773

  Mirza, Sajjad Hussain ^a   Rehman, Habib Ur ^b   Khan, Mumtaz Ahmad ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Pityrosporum; Seborrheic dermatitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALASSEZIA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, SEBORRHEIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALASSEZIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33646826730     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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