TY - JOUR
T1 - Stakeholders in cutaneous investigation
T2 - Patients and patient advocates are essential
AU - Bergstresser, Paul R.
AU - Grupenhoff, John T.
AU - Kalabokes, Vicki
PY - 2012/3
Y1 - 2012/3
N2 - A diverse array of stakeholders supports biomedical investigation, the major goal of which is to improve human health. For patients with dermatological disease, the Coalition of Skin Diseases (CSD) has for more than two decades provided a base from which public advocacy, education, fund-raising, and communication have flourished. Their efforts, combined with that of investigators and national funding agencies, have advanced scientific enterprise and, ultimately, human health.
AB - A diverse array of stakeholders supports biomedical investigation, the major goal of which is to improve human health. For patients with dermatological disease, the Coalition of Skin Diseases (CSD) has for more than two decades provided a base from which public advocacy, education, fund-raising, and communication have flourished. Their efforts, combined with that of investigators and national funding agencies, have advanced scientific enterprise and, ultimately, human health.
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U2 - 10.1038/jid.2011.441
DO - 10.1038/jid.2011.441
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 22330269
AN - SCOPUS:84856850658
SN - 0022-202X
VL - 132
SP - 1026
EP - 1028
JO - Journal of Investigative Dermatology
JF - Journal of Investigative Dermatology
IS - 3 PART 2
ER -