Fifteen-year follow-up of hand eczema: Predictive factors

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 893-897

  Meding, Birgitta ^a   Wrangsjö, Karin ^b   Järvholm, Bengt ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atopy; Hand dermatitis; Long term; Prognosis; Severity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 18244375848     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23723.x     Document Type: Article

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