Is Demodex folliculorum an aetiological factor in seborrhoeic dermatitis?

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Karincaoglu, Y ^a   Tepe, B ^a   Kalayci, B ^a   Atambay, M ^a   Seyhan, M ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMODEX; DEMODEX FOLLICULORUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN DEFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, SEBORRHEIC; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITE INFESTATIONS; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72549116561     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2009.03343.x     Document Type: Article

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