Review of actinic keratosis. Part I: Etiology, epidemiology and clinical presentation

Journal of Drugs in Dermatology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1125-1132

  Goldberg, Leonard H ^a   Mamelak, Adam J ^a  

^a DERMSURGERY ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; AGE; ALBINISM; BENIGN TUMOR; CHEILITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENDER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SKIN DISEASE; INCIDENCE; LEISURE; LENTIGO; LICHEN PLANUS; OCCUPATION; PRECANCER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN COLOR; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; WART VIRUS; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; SUNLIGHT;

HUMANS; KERATOSIS, ACTINIC; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; SKIN; SKIN AGING; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 77957960984     PISSN: 15459616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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