Frictional lichenified dermatosis from prolonged use of a computer mouse: Case report and review of the literature of computer-related dermatoses

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3-

  Ghasri, Pedram ^a   Feldman, Steven R ^a,b  

^a Center for Dermatology Research   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER MOUSE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FRICTION; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; INTERNET; LICHENOID ERUPTION; PATIENT CARE; RADIATION DERMATITIS; REVIEW; WRIST DISEASE;

COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; COMPUTER TERMINALS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FRICTION; HAND DERMATOSES; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; KERATOSIS; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MELANOSIS; PLASTICIZERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650552532     PISSN: 10872108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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