Skin Tuberculosis in Children: Learning from India

Dermatologic Clinics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 285-294

  Sethuraman, Gomathy ^a,b   Ramesh, V ^c   Ramam, M ^a   Sharma, Vinod K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; EYE TOXICITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LUPUS VULGARIS; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULID;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BCG VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; ERYTHEMA INDURATUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LICHENOID ERUPTIONS; LUPUS VULGARIS; MALE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, CUTANEOUS;

EID: 40749105185     PISSN: 07338635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.det.2007.11.006     Document Type: Review

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