Enthesitis: An autoinflammatory lesion linking nail and joint involvement in psoriatic disease

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 9-13

  McGonagle, D ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enthesitis; Nail disease; Psoriasis; Psoriatic arthritis

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPATHY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTAL PHALANX; ENTHESITIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; JOINT; NAIL; NAIL DISEASE; OSTEITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PERIOSTEUM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; REVIEW; SKIN; SYNOVITIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TARGET ORGAN; TISSUE REPAIR;

ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; HUMANS; NAIL DISEASES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES;

EID: 69049090902     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2009.03363.x     Document Type: Review

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