Top dermatologic diagnoses by age

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Landis, Erin T ^a   Davis, Scott A ^a   Taheri, Arash ^a   Feldman, Steven R ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acne; Actinic keratosis; Age distribution; Atopic dermatitis; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Skin disease

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BENIGN SKIN TUMOR; CHILD; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DERMATOLOGIST; ECZEMA; EPIDERMOID CYST; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SKIN DISEASE; UNITED STATES; ACNE VULGARIS; AMBULATORY CARE; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; KERATOSIS, ACTINIC; PREVALENCE; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACNE VULGARIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; KERATOSIS, ACTINIC; OFFICE VISITS; PREVALENCE; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898854956     PISSN: 10872108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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