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. 1986 Nov;115(5):573-6.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1986.tb05767.x.

No association between malignant melanoma and acne or psoriasis: results from the Western Canada Melanoma Study

J M Elwood, R P Gallagher, P J Stapleton

No association between malignant melanoma and acne or psoriasis: results from the Western Canada Melanoma Study

J M Elwood et al. Br J Dermatol. 1986 Nov.

Abstract

In a study of 651 patients with cutaneous malignant melanoma and matched controls, no association was found with a history of acne vulgaris or psoriasis. Examination of the severity, age at onset and treatment for acne or psoriasis, and analysis by age, sex and site distribution of melanoma, revealed no evidence of any association.

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