Leprosy and Psoriasis: An Enigmatic Relationship

International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 341-344

  Dogra, Sunil ^a   Kaur, Inderjeet ^a   Kumar, Bhushan ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CAPSAICIN; CYTOKINE; HLA A1 ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR2 ANTIGEN; HLA DR7 ANTIGEN; LEPROSTATIC AGENT; METHOTREXATE; PEPTIDE T; SOMATOSTATIN; SPANTIDE; SUBSTANCE P; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE LEPROSY; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; LEPROSY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NAIL DISEASE; NEURITIS; ONYCHOLYSIS; PSORIASIS; SKIN DISEASE;

HUMANS; LEPROSY, BORDERLINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS;

EID: 1242338941     PISSN: 0148916X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1489/1544-581X(2003)071<0341:LAPAER>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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