Genital psoriasis: A systematic literature review on this hidden skin disease

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-11

  Meeuwis, Kim A P ^a   de Hullu, Joanne A ^a   Massuger, Leon F A G ^a   van de Kerkhof, Peter C M ^a   van Rossum, Michelle M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flexural psoriasis; Genital; Inverse psoriasis; Male female genital diseases; Psoriasis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETAMETHASONE VALERATE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; DAPSONE; DITHRANOL; EMOLLIENT AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; PIMECROLIMUS; SALICYLIC ACID; TACROLIMUS; TAR; TAZAROTENE; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DERIVATIVE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EMBASE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENITAL PSORIASIS; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ISOMORPHIC PHENOMENON; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MEDLINE; MYCOSIS; NAPKIN PSORIASIS; PENILE PSORIASIS; PENIS GLANS; PREPUCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; PUSTULAR PSORIASIS; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN ALLERGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIRAL SKIN DISEASE; VULVAR PSORIASIS;

FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSORIASIS; SKIN;

EID: 78751517245     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0988     Document Type: Article

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