Validity of diagnostic codes and prevalence of physician-diagnosed psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis in southern Sweden - A population-based register study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Löfvendahl, Sofia ^a,b   Theander, Elke ^b   Svensson, Åke ^b   Carlsson, Katarina Steen ^c   Englund, Martin ^a,b,d   Petersson, Ingemar F ^a,b,e  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICD-10-SE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PSORIASIS; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; SWEDEN; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY; ADULT; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; REGISTER; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PSORIASIS; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84902122716     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098024     Document Type: Article

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