Hidradenitis suppurativa: diagnosis and treatment.
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a painful and distressing skin disease of the hair follicle affecting nearly as many people as psoriasis. Despite this, not many healthcare professionals know much about it, or can recognise it. This is probably the reason why there is such a considerable delay in pe...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Community Nursing Vol. 37; no. 3; pp. 30 - 37 |
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| Formato: | case study pictorial tables/charts Journal Article |
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Wound Care People Limited
Jun2023
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