Time to Consider Psoriasis an Autoimmune Disorder?

February 2015 | Volume 14 | Issue 2 | Editorials | 112 | Copyright © February 2015


Jashin J. Wu MDa and Young M. Choi BS

aDepartment of Dermatology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
bDavid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

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