Quality of life and clinical features in Swedish children with psoriasis

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 375-379

  Gånemo, Agneta ^a   Wahlgren, Carl Fredrik ^b   Svensson, Åke ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIPOTRIOL; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; DICLOFENAC; GLUCOCORTICOID; METHOTREXATE; PARACETAMOL; RETINOID; SKIN MOISTURIZER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CHILDREN DERMATOLOGY LIFE QUALITY INDEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATITIS FAMILY IMPACT; ECZEMA; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT DERMATITIS QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; INVERSE PSORIASIS; MALE; PARENT; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; PSORIASIS GUTTATA; PSORIASIS SEVERITY INDEX; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; PSORIASIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN;

EID: 79960844576     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2010.01292.x     Document Type: Article

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