Association of primary cutaneous amyloidosis with atopic dermatitis: A nationwide population-based study in Taiwan

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 148-153

  Lee, D D ^a,b,c   Huang, C K ^c   Ko, P C ^c   Chang, Y T ^a,b   Sun, W Z ^d   Oyang, Y J ^c  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY CUTANEOUS AMYLOIDOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN DISEASE; STROKE; TAIWAN; THYROID CANCER;

EID: 78650498838     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2010.10024.x     Document Type: Article

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