Mucocutaneous manifestations of chikungunya fever: A study from an epidemic in coastal Karnataka

Indian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 290-294

  Bhat, Ramesh M ^a   Rai, Yashaswi ^a   Ramesh, Amitha ^a   Nandakishore, B ^a   Sukumar, D ^a   Martis, Jacintha ^a   Kamath, Ganesh H ^a  

^a FATHER MULLER MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Chikungunya fever; maculopapular rash; mucocutaneous manifestations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APTHAE LIKE ULCER; ARTICLE; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHILD; DERMATITIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ECZEMA; EPIDEMIC; ERYTHRODERMA; FACE; FEMALE; FOOT EDEMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSORIASIS; RASH; SCHOOL CHILD; SCROTAL DERMATITIS; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN EXFOLIATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN ULCER; URTICARIA;

EID: 79960267562     PISSN: 00195154     EISSN: 19983611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.82483     Document Type: Article

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