Skin diseases in Greek and immigrant children in Athens

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 173-177

  Katsarou, Alexandra ^a   Armenaka, Melina ^a   Kosmadaki, Maria ^a   Lagogianni, Eirini ^a   Vosynioti, Vasiliki ^a   Tagka, Anna ^a   Stefanaki, Christina ^a   Katsambas, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CONDYLOMA; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; DISEASE COURSE; ECZEMA; FEMALE; GREECE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFANT; INFECTION; INSECT BITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; MYCOSIS; NEVUS; PITYRIASIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSORIASIS; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCABIES; SCHOOL CHILD; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN DISEASE; VIRUS INFECTION; VITILIGO;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 84855932117     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2011.04948.x     Document Type: Article

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