Pigmentation: A potential cutaneous marker for AIDS?

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 756-760

  Grover, Chander ^a,b   Kubba, Samir ^a   Bansal, Shikha ^a   Nanda, Soni ^a   Reddy, Belum Siva Nagi ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

AIDS; Cutaneous marker; HIV; Pigmentation

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CLOTRIMAZOLE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONDYLOMA; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; GENITAL ULCER; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; PIGMENT DISORDER; SYMPTOM; SYPHILIS; TUBERCULOSIS; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINA PESSARY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 6944256496     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2004.tb00591.x     Document Type: Article

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