Do men have more severe psoriasis than women?

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 126-127

  White, D ^a   O'Shea, S J ^b   Rogers, S ^b  

^a Regional Hospital   (Ireland)

^b ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; DITHRANOL; ETANERCEPT; ETRETIN; FUMARIC ACID; HYDROXYUREA; METHOTREXATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LETTER; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PUVA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOTHERAPY; PSORIASIS; PUVA THERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83955162951     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2011.04026.x     Document Type: Letter

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