Orf acquired during religious observance

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 606-608

  Malik, Mohsin ^b   Bharier, Michael ^b   Tahan, Steven ^b   Robinson Bostom, Leslie ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOSIS; ADULT; CASE REPORT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LETTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAPILLOMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NODULE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECTHYMA, CONTAGIOUS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SHEEP; SPIRITUALITY; THUMB; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66149098454     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2009.69     Document Type: Letter

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