A higher prevalence of onychomycosis in psoriatics compared with non- psoriatics: A multicentre study

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 786-789

  Gupta, A K ^a,i   Lynde, C W ^b   Jain, H C ^b   Sibbald, R G ^c   Elewski, B E ^d   Daniel III, C R ^e   Watteel, G N ^f   Summerbell, R C ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^g ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

ⁱ NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; TOE;

EID: 0030980306     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1997.tb03673.x     Document Type: Article

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