Linear pitting and splinter haemorrhages are more commonly seen in the nails of patients with established psoriasis in comparison to psoriatic arthritis

Dermatology

Volumn 223, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 370-373

  Palmou, Natalia ^a   Marzo Ortega, Helena ^b   Ash, Zoe ^b   Goodfield, Mark ^c   Coates, Laura C ^b   Helliwell, Philip S ^b   McGonagle, Dennis ^b,d  

^a Villarrobledo Hospital   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d CHAPEL ALLERTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nail involvement; Psoriasis; Psoriatic arthritis

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR PITTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NAIL BED; NAIL DISEASE; ONYCHOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; SPLINTER HAEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS, MALFORMED; ONYCHOLYSIS; PREVALENCE; PSORIASIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84858440053     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000335571     Document Type: Article

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