Genetics of Psoriasis Susceptibility and Treatment Response
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Psoriasis is a chronic, recurrent skin disease that has an unknown trigger. Recent development in understanding the disease mechanisms led to the idea that psoriasis has a genetic background on which external triggers act to develop the psoriatic lesions. This review presents the newest information regarding the genetic variants of the psoriatic patients and their influence on disease evolution and treatment response.
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تاریخ انتشار 2016