The concept of 'Smokers' Boils' is suggestive of a new hypothesis on the pathogenesis of hidradenitis suppurativa

Dermatology

Volumn 222, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 196-197

  Jemec, Gregor B E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE;

ACNE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EDITORIAL; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG CANCER; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SMOKING CESSATION; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; SUPPURATIVE HIDRADENITIS;

FURUNCULOSIS; HIDRADENITIS SUPPURATIVA; HUMANS; SMOKING;

EID: 79960001797     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327928     Document Type: Editorial

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