The prevalence of skin diseases among the geriatric patients in Eastern Turkey

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 535-539

  Bilgili, Serap Gunes ^a   Karadag, Ayse Serap ^a   Ozkol, Hatice Uce ^b   Calka, Omer ^a   Akdeniz, Necmettin ^c  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Van Research and Training Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

^c ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Elderly; Geriatric health care; Skin aging; Skin disease

Indexed keywords

ACNE; AGE; AGED; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BENIGN SKIN TUMOR; ECZEMA; FEMALE; GENDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DISEASE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URTICARIA; VIRAL SKIN DISEASE; XEROSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SKIN DISEASES; TURKEY;

EID: 84861463507     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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