Peeling skin syndrome: 11 cases from Saudi Arabia

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 352-357

  Al Ghamdi, Faiza ^a   Al Raddadi, Ali ^a   Satti, Mohamed ^a  

^a Departments of Dermatology   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; BLISTER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RECORD; PEELING SKIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SAUDI ARABIA; SKIN ABRASION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE;

EID: 33751352149     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 13199226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2006.352     Document Type: Review

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