Overweight and childhood psoriasis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 484-486

  Boccardi, D ^a   Menni, S ^a   Vecchia, C La ^a,b   Nobile, M ^a   Decarli, A ^a,c   Volpi, G ^a,d   Ferraroni, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Overweight; Psoriasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSORIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PSORIASIS;

EID: 73349127814     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09276.x     Document Type: Letter

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