Callosities of cross legged sitting: "Yoga sign" - An under-recognized cultural cutaneous presentation

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1212-1214

  Verma, Shyam B ^a,b   Wollina, Uwe ^a  

^a Technical University of Dresden ^*  (India)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALLOSITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LETTER; MECHANICAL STRESS; MORPHEA; RELIGION; SHEAR STRESS; SITTING; YOGA;

CALLOSITIES; FOOT; HUMANS; INDIA; YOGA;

EID: 55449137677     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2008.03823.x     Document Type: Letter

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