Dermatology in black skin;Dermatologia na pele negra

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-20

  Alchorne, Mauricio Mota De Avelar ^a,c   De Abreu, Marilda Aparecida Milanez Morgado ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO OESTE PAULISTA UNOESTE   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Continental population groups; Ethnic groups; Skin diseases; Skin pigmentation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; EFLORNITHINE; FLUMAZENIL; FLUOROURACIL; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERFERON; ISOTRETINOIN; METHOTREXATE; MINOXIDIL; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; RETINOIC ACID; SALICYLIC ACID; THALIDOMIDE;

ACNE; ALOPECIA; BRAZIL; CREAM; CRYOTHERAPY; DERMATOLOGY; DERMIS; ECZEMA; EPIDERMIS; ERYTHEMA; ETHNICITY; FANCONI ANEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; KELOID; LEUKODERMA; LICHEN PLANUS; MYCOSIS; NAIL; NEGRO; PAPULE; PETECHIA; PHOTOALLERGY; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PSORIASIS; RACE; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN CANCER; SKIN COLOR; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN FUNCTION; SYPHILIS;

EID: 53549112169     PISSN: 03650596     EISSN: 18064841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0365-05962008000100002     Document Type: Review

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