Peripheral blood eosinophilia in association with generalized pustular and erythrodermic psoriasis

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 451-455

  Mansur, A T ^a   Göktay, Fatih ^a   Yasar S P ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Drug eruptions; Drug hypersensitivity; Eosinophilia; Psoriasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ERUPTION; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHRODERMIC PSORIASIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PUSTULAR PSORIASIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 41149131295     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2007.02489.x     Document Type: Article

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