Change in pattern of skin disease in Kaduna, north-central Nigeria

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 936-943

  Yahya, Husain ^a  

^a Barau Dikko Specialist Hospital   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BENIGN SKIN TUMOR; CHILD; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG ERUPTION; ECZEMA; ERYTHEMATOSQUAMOUS SKIN DISEASE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HAIR DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYCOSIS; NIGERIA; OUTPATIENT; PARASITOSIS; PIGMENT DISORDER; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SKIN DISEASE; URTICARIA; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34548526604     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2007.03218.x     Document Type: Article

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