Depression as a risk factor for the development of psoriasis: a retrospective cohort study in the UK

I A Vallerand^{1

2}, R T Lewinson², L M Parsons², M W Lowerison¹, S B Patten^{1

3}, C Barnabe^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
² Division of Dermatology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
³ Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
⁴ Division of Rheumatology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.

I A Vallerand et al. Br J Dermatol. 2020 Oct.

. 2020 Oct;183(4):776-778.

doi: 10.1111/bjd.19160. Epub 2020 Jun 25.

I A Vallerand^{1

2}, R T Lewinson², L M Parsons², M W Lowerison¹, S B Patten^{1

3}, C Barnabe^{1

4}

¹ Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
² Division of Dermatology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
³ Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
⁴ Division of Rheumatology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.

No abstract available

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