Laptop computer as a modern cause of erythema ab igne

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 736-737

  Bachmeyer, C ^a   Bensaid, P ^b   Begon E ^b  

^a HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER RENÉ DUBOS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER; DERMATITIS; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHEMA CALORICUM; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SKIN DEFECT;

ADULT; ERYTHEMA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCOMPUTERS;

EID: 67649745902     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2009.03205.x     Document Type: Letter

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