Text messages as a reminder aid and educational tool in adults and adolescents with atopic dermatitis: A pilot study

Dermatology Research and Practice

Volumn 2010, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Pena Robichaux, Venessa ^a,b,c   Kvedar, Joseph C ^a,b,c   Watson, Alice J ^a,b,c  

^a PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 79953794844     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16876113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/894258     Document Type: Article

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