The importance of genetical link in immuno-mediated dermatoses: Psoriasis and vitiligo

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1060-1062

  Prignano, Francesca ^a   Pescitelli, Leonardo ^a   Ricceri, Federica ^a   Lotti, Torello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIPOTRIOL; CORTICOSTEROID;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELBOW; ERYTHEMA; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; ITALY; KNEE; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRESCRIPTION; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; SMOKING; STRESS; SYMPTOM; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITILIGO; WORK;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIGREE; PSORIASIS; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VITILIGO;

EID: 54749157491     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2008.03699.x     Document Type: Article

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