Head and neck lesions in a cohort irradiated in childhood for tinea capitis treatment

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 163-164

  Boaventura, Paula ^a   Soares, Paula ^a,b   Pereira, Dina ^a   Teixeira Gomes, José ^a   Sobrinho Simões, Manuel ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; LETTER; MENINGIOMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION HAZARD; THYROID CARCINOMA; TINEA CAPITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TINEA CAPITIS;

EID: 79952026090     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(11)70047-0     Document Type: Letter

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