Nail psoriasis in Germany: Epidemiology and burden of disease

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 580-585

  Augustin, M ^a   Reich, K ^b   Blome, C ^a   Schafer I ^a   Laass, A ^a   Radtke, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b Dermatologikum   (Germany)

Author keywords

disease severity; health services research; nail psoriasis; psoriasis; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAIL; NAIL DISEASE; NAIL PSORIASIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PSORIASIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 77955868260     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2010.09831.x     Document Type: Article

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