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Table of Content - Volume 5 Issue 2 - February 2017


 

A study of impact of psoriasis on patients psycho-social activities

 

Harnalikar Manoj1, Patil Reshma Tanaji2*

 

1Associate Professor, 2Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology Dr.shankar Rao Chavan Government Medical College Nanded, Maharashtra, INDIA.

Email: drmanojh@gmail.com

 

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