The spectrum of skin disease among Indian children

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-13

  Sardana, Kabir ^a,b   Mahajan, Supriya ^c   Sarkar, Rashmi ^b   Mendiratta, Vibhu ^c   Bhushan, Premanshu ^c   Koranne, R V ^c   Garg, Vijay K ^b  

^a H No 466   (India)

^b LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

^c LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECZEMA; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INDIA; INFESTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PAPULAR URTICARIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PITYRIASIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCABIES; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; SPECTRUM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, SEBORRHEIC; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MYCOSES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCABIES; SKIN DISEASES; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 60449098688     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2008.00814.x     Document Type: Article

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