Pediatric molluscum contagiosum: Reflections on the last challenging poxvirus infection, part 1

Cutis

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 230-236

  Lee, Robert ^a   Schwartz, Robert A ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLLUSCIPOXVIRUS; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; PATHOLOGY;

CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM VIRUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650622158     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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