Dermatitis artefacta of the breast: A retrospective analysis of 27 patients (1976-2006)

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 270-274

  Rodriguez Pichardo A ^a   Hoffner, M V ^a   Garcia Bravo B ^a   Camacho, Fm ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breast insult; Dermatitis artefacta; Pathomimia; Self induced dermatitis

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ABDOMEN; ARM; ARTICLE; BLISTER; BREAST; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DERMATITIS; DERMATITIS ARTEFACTA; DRUG FORMULATION; FACE; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MALINGERING; OCCLUSIVE DRESSING; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN ULCER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST DISEASES; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FACTITIOUS DISORDERS; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST DISEASES; CHILD; DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACTITIOUS DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76349114063     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2009.03403.x     Document Type: Article

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