Bullous pemphigoid: Validation of the national patient register in two counties in Sweden, 2001 to 2012

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 32-35

  Grönhagen, Carina ^a   Nilzén, Karin ^b   Seifert, Oliver ^b   Thorslund, Kristofer ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dermatology; Healthcare registries; Inpatient; Medical records; Outpatient

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS; DERMATOLOGIST; DISEASE REGISTRY; ECZEMA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; HERPES SIMPLEX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LEG EDEMA; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEURODERMATITIS; PATIENT CODING; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARDA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; REGISTER; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SWEDEN; TRANSIENT ACANTHOLYTIC DERMATOSIS; VALIDITY; FEMALE; MALE; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 85006972729     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: 16512057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-2456     Document Type: Article

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