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2017 Month : March Volume : 6 Issue : 26 Page : 2142-2148

AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF CLINICAL FEATURES IN 100 CASES OF PITYRIASIS ROSEA.

Saravanan N1, Sindhuja Ramasamy2, Murugan S3, Sridhar V4, Vanathi T5, Sarathchandran B6, G. P. Rekha7

1Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, Chengalpattu Medical College.
2Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, Thanjavur Medical College.
3Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, Chengalpattu Medical College.
4Senior Resident, Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, Chengalpattu Medical College.
5Junior Resident, Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, Chengalpattu Medical College.
6Junior Resident, Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, Chengalpattu Medical College.
7Junior Resident, Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, Chengalpattu Medical College.

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