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Prevalence of skin diseases in Varanasi school children

1991; Medknow; Volume: 57; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

0973-3922

RA Valia, SS Pandey, Paramjeet Kaur, Gurm Singh,

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In a school survey in Varanasi city, 12481 children were examined. More than half (54%) had one or more skin diseases. The commonest ones were peduculosis capitis (35%), pityriasis alba (12%) acne vulgaris (8%), miliaria (4%) and pyodermas (3%)