Comorbidities in Dermatology

November 2018 in “ Dermatologic Clinics ”

Azam Qureshi, Adam Friedman

Studysummary This review highlights recent literature on comorbidities in dermatologic diseases, emphasizing the need for further research into connections between atopic dermatitis and pancreatic cancer, and pemphigus diseases and COPD, but it reports no new clinical results.

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