What patients with psoriasis believe about their condition

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 39, Issue 2 I, 1998, Pages 196-201

  Fortune, D G ^a   Richards, H L ^a   Main, C J ^a   Griffiths, C E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031815301     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-9622(98)70074-X     Document Type: Article

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