Dermatologic consultations in the hospital ward: The skin, an interdisciplinary organ

Dermatology

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 193-194

  Itin, Peter H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dermatologic consultations; Inpatients; Interdisciplinary medicine; Teaching to nondermatologists

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BOWENOID PAPULOSIS; CONSULTATION; DERMATITIS; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DRUG ERUPTION; ECZEMA; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; NEVUS; PAPULAR URTICARIA; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN ULCER; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; VERRUCA VULGARIS; WARD;

DERMATOLOGY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PATIENTS' ROOMS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SKIN DISEASES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 70350303882     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000232386     Document Type: Editorial

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