Epidemiology of Frequently Occurring Skin Diseases in Italian Children from 2006 to 2012: A Retrospective, Population-Based Study

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 668-678

  Cantarutti, Anna ^a,b   Donà, Daniele ^c   Visentin, Federica ^c   Borgia, Eleonora ^c   Scamarcia, Antonio ^a   Cantarutti, Luigi ^a   Peruzzi, Elena ^d   Egan, Colin Gerard ^e   Villa, Marco ^b   Giaquinto, Carlo ^c  

^a Pedianet Network   (Italy)

^b Azienda Sanitaria Locale di Cremona   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d Novartis Farma Italy ^*  (Italy)

^e Primula Multimedia SRL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE URTICARIA; ADOLESCENT; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC URTICARIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DERMATOPHYTOSIS; DIAPER DERMATITIS; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; ICHTHYOSIS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ITALIAN (CITIZEN); ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DISEASE; URTICARIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 84941314522     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pde.12568     Document Type: Review

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