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Lichen Simplex Chronicus Among Filipinos
Author(s) -
Bocobo Florante C.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/ijd.1963.2.1.33
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , lichen , ankle , dermatology , simplex , surgery , biology , ecology , geometry , mathematics , physics , optics
Summary Of 1,256 Filipino patients seen in the author's dermatologie practice in Manila, 103 (8.2 percent) had lichen simplex chronicus. This was a relatively high incidence, comparable to that of Orientals residing in the United States. Of the 103 cases of lichen simplex chronicus, 61 were females and 42 males, for a ratio of 3 :2. The average age of the patients was 42 years. The ankle was unquestionably the site of predilection.