Epidemiology of cutaneous tuberculosis in Japan: A retrospective study from 1906 to 2002

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 727-731

  Hamada, Manabu ^a   Urabe, Kazunori ^a   Moroi, Yoichi ^a   Miyazaki, Miho ^a   Furue, Masutaka ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DERMATOLOGY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULID; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TUBERCULOSIS, CUTANEOUS;

EID: 6444233383     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02238.x     Document Type: Article

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