Psoriasis and the eye: Prevalence of eye disease in Singaporean Asian patients with psoriasis

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 805-810

  Chandran, Nisha S ^a   Greaves, Malcolm ^a,d   Gao, Fei ^c   Lim, Laurence ^b   Cheng, Bob C L ^b  

^a NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^c DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^d POOLE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Cataracts; LS PGA score; Psoriasis; Severity; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CATARACT; CENTRAL SEROUS RETINOPATHY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUSEN; ECTROPION; EYE DISEASE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; INCIDENCE; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PIGMENT DISPERSION SYNDROME; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA TEAR; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGAPORE; UVEITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSORIASIS; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 36849086875     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2007.00390.x     Document Type: Article

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