Time to resolution and effect on quality of life of molluscum contagiosum in children in the UK: A prospective community cohort study

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 190-195

  Olsen, Jonathan R ^a   Gallacher, John ^a   Finlay, Andrew Y ^b   Piguet, Vincent ^b   Francis, Nick A ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DERMATOLOGY LIFE QUALITY INDEX; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; TIME; TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84921277575     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(14)71053-9     Document Type: Article

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