Clinical course of psoriasis during pregnancy

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 518-520

  Raychaudhuri, Siba P ^a,b   Navare, Teja ^a,b   Gross, Jeff ^a,b   Raychaudhuri, Smriti K ^a,b  

^a Psoriasis Research Institute   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONVALESCENCE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFE HISTORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PSORIASIS; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INFLAMMATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PSORIASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0038268815     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2003.01760.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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