Awareness and screening attitudes of Portuguese dermatologists on cardiovascular risk factors in psoriatic patients.

Eur J Dermatol

Department of Dermatology, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Portugal, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Portugal, Dermatology Research Unit, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Portugal.

Published: August 2017

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