Potential misclassification of patients with psoriasis in electronic databases

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 981-985

  Icen, Murat ^a   Crowson, Cynthia S ^a   McEvoy, Marian T ^b   Gabriel, Sherine E ^a   Maradit Kremers, Hilal ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS;

ADULT; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MINNESOTA; PSORIASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 55949087613     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.08.034     Document Type: Article

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