Chemical leucoderma: A clinico-aetiological study of 864 cases in the perspective of a developing country

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-47

  Ghosh, S ^a   Mukhopadhyay, S ^a  

^a Institute of Allergic and Immunologic Skin Diseases   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical leucoderma; Contact leucoderma; Leucoderma; Occupational leucoderma; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DEODORANT AGENT; DETERGENT; HAIR DYE; PERFUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INFANT; LEUKODERMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUNSELING; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; HUMANS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUVA THERAPY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VITILIGO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57649230782     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.08815.x     Document Type: Article

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