Extended report: Nail disease in psoriatic arthritis - Clinically important, potentially treatable and often overlooked

Rheumatology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 790-794

  Williamson, Lyn ^c,d   Dalbeth, N ^c   Dockerty, J L ^c   Gee, B C ^a   Weatherall, R ^b   Wordsworth, B P ^c  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d GREAT WESTERN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nail disease; Psoriatic arthritis

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DERMATOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAIL DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOLOGY; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SKIN DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ANXIETY; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL DISEASES; PSORIASIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 3042593371     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keh198     Document Type: Article

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