Comorbidities associated with psoriasis - data from the Malaysian psoriasis registry

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 518-521

  Mazlin, M B ^a   Chang, C C ^b   Baba, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

^b HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^c Hospital Melaka   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Comorbidities; Malaysia; Prevalence; Psoriasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PSORIASIS; SCREENING; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR;

COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; PSORIASIS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84869796276     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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