Tonsillitis and chronic psoriasis

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-68

  Wardrop, P ^a,b   Weller, R ^a   Marais, J ^a   Kavanagh, G ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Controlled study; Psoriasis; Streptococcus; Tonsillitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SYMPTOM; TONSILLITIS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSORIASIS; RECURRENCE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 0031879324     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.1998.00084.x     Document Type: Article

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