Epidemiology and comorbidity of erysipelas in primary care

Dermatology

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 118-122

  Bartholomeeusen, Stefaan ^a   Vandenbroucke, Jan ^b   Truyers, Carla ^a   Buntinx, Frank ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Erysipelas, comorbidity; Erysipelas, epidemiology; General practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DERMATOMYCOSIS; ERYSIPELAS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEG VARICOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHLEBITIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN ULCER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VARICOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BELGIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES; DERMATOMYCOSES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ERYSIPELAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 34547802247     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000104262     Document Type: Article

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