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Erythema Dyschromicum Perstans in an 8-Year-Old Indian Child

We report an 8-year-old East Indian boy with erythema dyschromicum perstans. The condition has very rarely been reported in prepubertal Indian children. A perusal of the literature revealed but two cases, to which we add another one. Recognition of erythema dyschromicum perstans in prepubertal India...

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Autores principales: Leung, Alexander K. C., Lam, Joseph M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6077569/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30112220
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/2143089
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description We report an 8-year-old East Indian boy with erythema dyschromicum perstans. The condition has very rarely been reported in prepubertal Indian children. A perusal of the literature revealed but two cases, to which we add another one. Recognition of erythema dyschromicum perstans in prepubertal Indian children is important for proper diagnosis and to prevent unnecessary investigations.
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spelling pubmed-60775692018-08-15 Erythema Dyschromicum Perstans in an 8-Year-Old Indian Child Leung, Alexander K. C. Lam, Joseph M. Case Rep Dermatol Med Case Report We report an 8-year-old East Indian boy with erythema dyschromicum perstans. The condition has very rarely been reported in prepubertal Indian children. A perusal of the literature revealed but two cases, to which we add another one. Recognition of erythema dyschromicum perstans in prepubertal Indian children is important for proper diagnosis and to prevent unnecessary investigations. Hindawi 2018-07-15 /pmc/articles/PMC6077569/ /pubmed/30112220 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/2143089 Text en Copyright © 2018 Alexander K. C. Leung and Joseph M. Lam. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Erythema Dyschromicum Perstans in an 8-Year-Old Indian Child
title Erythema Dyschromicum Perstans in an 8-Year-Old Indian Child
title_full Erythema Dyschromicum Perstans in an 8-Year-Old Indian Child
title_fullStr Erythema Dyschromicum Perstans in an 8-Year-Old Indian Child
title_full_unstemmed Erythema Dyschromicum Perstans in an 8-Year-Old Indian Child
title_short Erythema Dyschromicum Perstans in an 8-Year-Old Indian Child
title_sort erythema dyschromicum perstans in an 8-year-old indian child
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6077569/
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