Skin cancer in patients with psoriasis - Many intertwined risk factors

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1001-1002

  Murphy, G M ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; DITHRANOL; HYDROXYUREA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE; PROTEIN P53; STEROID; TAR;

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CARCINOGENESIS; CLIMATOTHERAPY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; EDITORIAL; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RADIATION INJURY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUN EXPOSURE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; WART VIRUS;

EID: 0033387872     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1999.03531.x     Document Type: Editorial

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