Psoriasis

Findings from University of Florence in psoriasis reported

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, May 24th, 2010

"Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin condition associated with several risk factors and comorbidities. The present study outlines patient and therapy profiles emerging from the analysis of 471 patients affected by plaque psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis (PsA)," scientists writing in the Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology report.

"In our sample, the age of onset and first diagnosis of PsA is significantly higher than plaque psoriasis and about 65% of the patients are either smoker or ex-smokers, while 79% are not drinkers. We also report a different distribution in the use of systemic treatments compared to the Psocare report 2007,...

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