Clinical importance of Demodex folliculorum in patients receiving phototherapy

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-77

  Kulac, Mustafa ^a   Ciftci, Ihsan Hakki ^a   Karaca, Semsettin ^a   Cetinkaya, Zafer ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOXSALEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEEK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMODEX; DEMODEX FOLLICULORUM; DEMODICIDOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HUMAN; INFESTATION; MALE; NOSE; PARASITIC SKIN DISEASE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PUVA; RASH; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN SURFACE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PITYRIASIS; PSORIASIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; ROSACEA; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VITILIGO;

EID: 37448999312     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2007.03336.x     Document Type: Article

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