Prurigo pigmentosa: Not an uncommon disease in the Turkish population

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1164-1168

  Baykal, Can ^a   Buyukbabani, Nesimi ^a   Akinturk, Semra ^a   Saglik, Ebru ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRURIGO PIGMENTOSA; SKIN DISEASE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; PRURITUS; TURKEY;

EID: 33749850042     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2006.02857.x     Document Type: Article

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