Benign and malignant skin lesions in renal transplant recipients

Indian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 247-250

  Ghaninejad, H ^a   Ehsani, A H ^a   Ghiasi, M ^c   Noormohammadpour, P ^a   Najafi, E ^b   Naderi, G ^b   Ganji, M ^b   Mirnezami, M ^a   Nezami, R ^a   Kiani, P ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Benign; Kaposi sarcoma; Malignant; Renal transplantation; Skin lesions; Squamous cell carcinomas

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ACNE; ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; ECCHYMOSIS; ERYTHRASMA; FEMALE; FURUNCULOSIS; GENITAL CANDIDIASIS; GENITAL HERPES; GINGIVA HYPERPLASIA; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES ZOSTER; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; HYPERPLASIA; HYPERTRICHOSIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOON FACE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; RECIPIENT; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STRIA; SUN EXPOSURE; TELANGIECTASIA; THRUSH; TINEA VERSICOLOR; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; WART VIRUS;

EID: 70349427203     PISSN: 00195154     EISSN: 19983611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.55634     Document Type: Article

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