Palmoplantar pustulosis: An autoimmune disease precipitated by smoking?

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 341-346

  Hagforsen, Eva ^a   Mustafa, Awder ^a   Lefvert, Ann Kari ^a   Nordlind, Klas ^a   Michaëlsson, Gerd ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gliadin and thyroid antibodies; Immunofluorescence; Nicotinic receptor autoantibodies

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; GLIADIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; THYROID ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MAST CELL; ONSET AGE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSTULOSIS PALMOPLANTARIS; SKIN DISEASE; THYROID DISEASE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PSORIASIS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN; SMOKING;

EID: 0036400118     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000155502320624069     Document Type: Article

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