Prevalence of childhood acne, ephelides, warts, atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, alopecia areata and keloid in Kaohsiung County, Taiwan: A community-based clinical survey

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 643-649

  Yang, Y C ^a   Cheng, Y W ^a   Lai, C S ^a   Chen, W ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acne; Alopecia areata; Atopic dermatitis; Ephelide; Keloid; Warts

Indexed keywords

ACNE VULGARIS; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BCG VACCINATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMEDO; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPHELIDES; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KELOID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN DISEASE; TAIWAN; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

ACNE VULGARIS; ALOPECIA AREATA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; KELOID; MALE; MELANOSIS; PREVALENCE; PSORIASIS; SKIN DISEASES; TAIWAN; WARTS;

EID: 34250368774     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.02036.x     Document Type: Article

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