Prurigo pigmentosa: An underdiagnosed disease?

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 405-409

  Boer A ^a,c   Asgari, M ^b  

^a Dermatologikum ^*  (Germany)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c DERMATOLOGIKUM HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

India; Pigmentation; Prurigo pigmentosa; Pruritic exanthema; Reticulate hyperpigmentation

Indexed keywords

DAPSONE; ISOTRETINOIN; MINOCYCLINE;

CELL DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; GERMANY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDONESIA; IRAN; JAPANESE; KERATINOCYTE; PATHOGENESIS; PRURIGO PIGMENTOSA; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 33845955570     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.29334     Document Type: Review

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