Clinical course of guttate psoriasis: Long-term follow-up study

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 894-899

  Ko, Hyun Chang ^a,b   Jwa, Seung Wook ^a   Song, Margaret ^a   Kim, Moon Bum ^a,b   Kwon, Kyung Sool ^a,b  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

clinical course; guttate psoriasis; long term follow up

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; VITAMIN D DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NARROW BAND ULTRAVIOLET B THERAPY; ONSET AGE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PSORIASIS; PSORIASIS GUTTATA; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; PUVA; SKIN DEFECT; STREPTOLYSIN TITER; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

AGE OF ONSET; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PSORIASIS; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957322502     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2010.00871.x     Document Type: Article

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