Skin diseases in geriatric patients: Our experience from a public skin outpatient clinic in Siena

Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 631-636

  Rubegni, P ^a   Poggiali, S ^a   Nami, N ^a   Rubegni, M ^a   Fimiani, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aged; Outpatient clinics, hospital; Skin diseases

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BENIGN TUMOR; DERMATITIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DRUG ERUPTION; FEMALE; GENDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEMPHIGOID; PEMPHIGUS; PSORIASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROSACEA; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN TUMOR; URTICARIA; WOUND;

EID: 84874355735     PISSN: 03920488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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