| Cultural practices affecting the skin of children. | |
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PMID: 20616731 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Cultural practices that present with dermatologic manifestations in the pediatric population are common. However, such skin manifestations are often poorly understood in western medicine and lesions are misdiagnosed, with child abuse being a common misdiagnosis. RECENT FINDINGS: The 2000 Census counted approximately 28 million first-generation immigrants in the United States. As populations are increasing in diversity, there are an increasing number of physical presentations from diverse cultural practices. Physicians will begin to encounter skin findings that they may have never seen before. It is, therefore, imperative for physicians to be aware of such cultural practices and the cutaneous findings associated with them. SUMMARY: Numerous cultural practices may present with skin manifestations in children. It is, therefore, important for pediatricians to be aware of such practices and their associated skin lesions for proper diagnosis and management. Various cultural practices with cutaneous findings will be covered in this article. |
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Authors:
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Parisa Ravanfar; James G Dinulos |
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Type: Journal Article; Review |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Current opinion in pediatrics Volume: 22 ISSN: 1531-698X ISO Abbreviation: Curr. Opin. Pediatr. Publication Date: 2010 Aug |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-07-15 Completed Date: 2010-10-28 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9000850 Medline TA: Curr Opin Pediatr Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 423-31 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Section of Dermatology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA. parisa.ravanfar@hitchcock.org |
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Child Cultural Characteristics* Cultural Diversity* Emigrants and Immigrants / psychology* Humans Prognosis Skin Diseases / ethnology* United States / epidemiology |
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