Epidemiologic study of dermatologic disorders among children in South Sinai, Egypt

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1180-1185

  Yamamah, Gamal A ^a   Emam, Hanaa M ^a   Abdelhamid, Mahmoud F ^a   Elsaie, Mohamed L ^a,b   Shehata, Hany ^a   Farid, Tarek ^a   Kamel, Mohammed Ismail ^c   Taalat, Ahmed A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DERMATITIS; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DERMATOPHYTOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; EGYPT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ERYTHEMA STREPTOGENES; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMPETIGO; LENTIGO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARASITOSIS; PEDICULOSIS CAPITIS; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PITYRIASIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSORIASIS; SCABIES; SCHOOL CHILD; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN EXAMINATION; SOCIAL STATUS; URTICARIA; VERRUCA VULGARIS; VITILIGO; XEROSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 84866538827     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2012.05475.x     Document Type: Article

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