Averting the proliferation of acronymophilia in dermatology: Effectively avoiding ADCOMSUBORDCOMPHIBSPAC

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 340-344

  Patel, Chirag B ^a   Rashid, Rashid M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DERMATOLOGY; EDITORIAL; MEDLINE; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE DATABASE; SKIN DISEASE; WORD RECOGNITION;

ABBREVIATIONS AS TOPIC; DERMATOLOGY; HUMANS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; WRITING;

EID: 58149339654     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.10.035     Document Type: Editorial

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